KSL recently aired a news story on our research of the arachnoid trabeculae in mild traumatic brain injury. Through optical coherence tomography imaging and finite element modeling, we’ve shown that these microstructures dictate force distribution from the skull to the brain. By implementing the natural variability of the structures into our models, we’ve been able to improve predictions of extra-axial hemorrhage to 96% accuracy. Current efforts are being made to determine what leads to damage of these structures, and what effects damage could have on brain mechanics during secondary impacts. The KSL news video can be found here: Brain Tethers May […]
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