Archive for 2010

11th International AHT Conference

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We will be presenting a workshop, “Using Biomechanics to Understand AHT” at the 11th International Conference on Abusive Head Trauma to be held in Atlanta, GA on Sept. 11-13.

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New IOVS article

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Our first publication detailing the occurance of ocluar hemorrhages in a porcine model from rapid head rotations is now available online in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS). Work is in collaboration with Gil Binenbaum, MD, a pediatric ophthalmologist at the Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia.  

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Measuring Brain Deformation

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Recently published in the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering:In Situ deformations in the immature brain during rapid rotations by Ibrahim, Natesh, Szczesny, Ryall, Eucker, Coats & Margulies. This communication quantifies brain strain and brain/skull displacement during rapid head rotations in an immature brain.

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