Pressure sensing system for the study of blast-induced traumatic brain injury

Author

Meng, X. ; Cullen, D.K. ; Tofighi, M.R. ; Rosen, A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Biomed. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

1-3 April 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Due to extensive use of explosive weaponry, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have led to a significant increase in blast-induced injuries, which manifest as complicated neural cellular damage. This research is serving two purposes: 1. verifying a methodology to measure the physical characteristics of the blast waves by using a MEMS capacitor pressure sensor and 2. performing In-Vivo study for long term monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) in animal models exposed low-level blast.

Keywords

bioMEMS; biomedical measurement; brain; detonation waves; explosives; injuries; micromechanical devices; patient monitoring; pressure sensors; MEMS capacitor pressure sensor; blast-induced traumatic brain injury; explosive weaponry; intracranial pressure; low-level blast; neural cellular damage; pressure sensing system; Frequency modulation; Injuries; Iterative closest point algorithm; Pressure measurement; Sonar equipment; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2011 IEEE 37th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Troy, NY

ISSN

2160-7001

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-827-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2011.5778619

Filename

5778619