Computational modeling of traffic related thoracic injury of a 10-year-old child using subject-specific modeling technique

F Zhu, B Jiang, J Hu, Y Wang, M Shen… - Annals of biomedical …, 2016 - Springer
Traffic injuries have become a major health-related issue to school-aged children. To study
this type of injury with numerical simulations, a finite element model was developed to …

Development and validation of a semi-automatic landmark extraction method for mesh morphing

J Wu, M Cai, J Li, L Cao, L Xu, N Li, J Hu - Medical engineering & physics, 2019 - Elsevier
Currently, landmark-based mesh morphing technology is widely used to rapidly obtain
meshes with specific geometry, which is suitable to develop parametric human finite element …

Introduction of two new pediatric finite element models for pedestrian and occupant protections

M Shen, H Mao, B Jiang, F Zhu, X Jin, L Dong, SJ Ham… - 2016 - sae.org
To help predict the injury responses of child pedestrians and occupants in traffic incidents,
finite element (FE) modeling has become a common research tool. Until now, there was no …

Identifying vulnerable impact locations to reduce the occurrence of deadly Commotio cordis events in children's baseball: a computational approach

GJ Dickey, K Bian, X Liu… - Journal of …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Commotio cordis is the second leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes.
Currently available chest protectors on the market are ineffective in preventing cases of …

Developing commotio cordis injury metrics for baseball safety: unravelling the connection between chest force and rib deformation to left ventricle strain and pressure

GJ Dickey, K Bian, HR Khan, H Mao - Computer methods in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Commotio cordis is a sudden death mechanism that occurs when the heart is impacted
during the repolarization phase of the cardiac cycle. This study aimed to investigate …

Computational study of fracture characteristics in infant skulls using a simplified finite element model

B Jiang, F Zhu, L Cao, BR Presley… - Journal of forensic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Skull fracture characteristics are associated with loading conditions (such as the impact
point and impact velocity) and could provide indication of abuse or accident‐induced head …

Application of an anatomically-detailed finite element thorax model to investigate pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques on hard bed

B Jiang, H Mao, L Cao, KH Yang - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Improved Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) approaches will largely
benefit the children in need. The constant peak displacement and constant peak force …

[PDF][PDF] Development and a limited validation of a whole-body finite element pedestrian and occupant models of a 10-year-old child

M Shen, F Zhu, B Jiang, V Sanghavi, H Fan… - … Research Council on …, 2015 - ircobi.org
Children aged around 10 years old (10 YO) are not as well protected as those below 6YO or
adults in traffic accidents. To improve the protective means for occupant and pedestrian in …

[PDF][PDF] Rear seat occupant protection: What do we know and what is the future?

J Hu - 2016 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Field data analyses have shown that the occupant protection in rear seats failed to keep
pace with the advances in front seats likely due to their low occupancy and the lack of …

Biomechanical Analysis of Commotio Cordis in Children's Baseball-A Computational Approach

GJ Dickey - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Commotio cordis is the second leading cause of cardiac death in young athletes. This rare
sudden-death mechanism most commonly affects young children playing baseball. It is …