SIMON: A SIMULATED INJURY MONITOR; APPLICATION TO HEAD INJURY ASSESSMENT

Abstract

Advancements in computational techniques used to simulate human impact injury response, coupled with those in computer hardware, bring the idea of detailed injury assessment closer to reality. Consequently, next-generation (G2) injury assessment processes are being explored to potentially augment or replace methods using dummy-based, empirically-derived, gross injury risk relationships. These processes use computational models that give more detailed injury response resulting from dummy-measured loading. This paper discusses the development of an initial version of such a next-generation injury assessment tool called SiMon: A Simulated Injury Monitor, as it is applied to the assessment of brain injury.