Fast-Running Tools for Personalized Monitoring of Blast Exposure in Military Training and Operations.
Introduction: During training and combat operations, military personnel may be exposed to repetitive low-level blast while using explosives to gain entry or by firing heavy weapon systems such as recoilless weapons and high-caliber sniper rifles. This repeated exposure, even within allowable limits,...
| Publicado en: | Military Medicine Vol. 186; pp. 529 - 537 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
2021 Supplement
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=148623031&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 148623031 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00264075 4DV jtl: Military Medicine issn: 00264075 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2021 Supplement vid: 186 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 148623031 148623031 NLM33499497 148623031 10.1093/milmed/usaa341 NLM33499497 148623031 ppf: 529 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Fast-Running Tools for Personalized Monitoring of Blast Exposure in Military Training and Operations. aug: au: Przekwas, Andrzej Garimella, Harsha T. Chen, Z. J. Zehnbauer, Tim Gupta, Raj K. Skotak, Maciej Carr, Walter S. Kamimori, Gary H. affil: Bio Division, CFD Research Corp., Huntsville, AL 35806, USA. sug: subj: Military Personnel Blast Injuries Running Disasters Human Brain Concussion Comparative Studies Multicenter Studies Evaluation Research Validation Studies Clinical Assessment Tools ab: Introduction: During training and combat operations, military personnel may be exposed to repetitive low-level blast while using explosives to gain entry or by firing heavy weapon systems such as recoilless weapons and high-caliber sniper rifles. This repeated exposure, even within allowable limits, has been associated with cognitive deficits similar to that of accidental and sports concussion such as delayed verbal memory, visual-spatial memory, and executive function. This article presents a novel framework for accurate calculation of the human body blast exposure in military heavy weapon training scenarios using data from the free-field and warfighter wearable pressure sensors.Materials and Methods: The CoBi human body model generator tools were used to reconstruct multiple training scenes with different weapon systems. The CoBi Blast tools were used to develop the weapon signature and estimate blast overpressure exposure. The authors have used data from the free-field and wearable pressure sensors to evaluate the framework.Results: Carl-Gustav and 0.50 caliber sniper training scenarios were used to demonstrate and validate the developed framework. These simulations can calculate spatially and temporally resolved blast loads on the whole human body and on specific organs vulnerable to blast loads, such as head, face, and lungs.Conclusions: This framework has numerous advantages including easier model setup and shorter simulation times. The framework is an important step towards developing an advanced field-applicable technology to monitor low-level blast exposure during heavy weapon military training and combat scenarios. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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