Measurement and modeling of the vibrational response of the ovine head as it relates to intracranial pressure

Author

Whitman, Teresa A. ; Wodicka, George R. ; Morgan, Mark T. ; Bourland, Joe D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Agric. & Biol. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1996

Firstpage

493

Abstract

A combined experimental and analytical approach was used to understand the vibrational behavior of the head, as a framework to use vibrational characteristics to monitor increases in intracranial pressure. Experimental modal analysis showed the damping and mass loading effects of intracranial and extracranial tissues on resonant behavior of the skull. Experimentally measured natural frequencies and modal shapes from dry skulls have been used to develop and evaluate a geometrically detailed finite element model of the ovine head

Keywords

biomechanics; finite element analysis; physiological models; vibration measurement; damping effects; dry skulls; extracranial tissues; geometrically detailed finite element model; intracranial pressure increases monitoring; intracranial tissues; mass loading effects; modal shapes; natural frequencies; ovine head; resonant behavior; sheep; vibrational response measurement; vibrational response modeling; Cranial pressure; Damping; Finite element methods; Frequency measurement; Modal analysis; Monitoring; Resonance; Shape measurement; Skull; Vibration measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3811-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1996.651832

Filename

651832