儿童头部有限元模型研究进展

Research Progress on Child Head Finite Element Model

头部损伤是导致儿童死亡与伤残的重要原因,对儿童头部损伤生物力学的深入研究意义重大。近年来,通过构建真实的儿童头部有限元模型来研究儿童头部损伤的方法日益成熟,逐步代替了尸体实验、动物实验以及物理实验。对儿童头部有限元模型的年龄特点、构建方法、模型应用以及发展趋势等进行较为全面的综述,并对该领域还有待研究的内容以及未来的发展方向做出展望。

Head injury is the main factor that leads to children＇s death or disability. Therefore, research on children＇s head injury biomechanics is of great significance. Recently, more and more investigations focus on using finite element child models to study the head injury, which can replace cadaveric experiments, animal experiments and physical experiments to some extents. This paper systematically summarized the progress of child head finite element model from the views of child age characteristics, model developing methods and model application. Also, further research aspects and topics on finite element models were also proposed.