Abstract Summary
Traumatic brain injuries have known negative effects on individuals. Brain morphometry plays a role in the degree of deformation of tissue under impact conditions. Two elastomer phantoms, one with true brain morphometric representation and the other with no morphometry, were subjected to the same loading conditions, being linearly dropped at velocities between 1 to 4 m/s. The phantom with increased morphometric complexity experienced greater displacements around regions of increased folding. The orientation of the phantoms with respect to impact direction showed variation in displacement fields. Both morphometry and orientation of impact influence resulting displacements.
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