The Development and Validation of a Biofidelic Synthetic Eye for the Facial and Ocular CountermeasUre Safety (FOCUS) Headform

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dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Eric A.en
dc.contributor.committeechairDuma, Stefan M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGabler, Hampton Clayen
dc.contributor.committeememberBrolinson, P. Gunnaren
dc.contributor.committeememberHerring, Ian P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMadigan, Michael L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberStitzel, Joel D.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiomedical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:15:04Zen
dc.date.adate2007-09-13en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:15:04Zen
dc.date.issued2007-08-03en
dc.date.rdate2008-09-13en
dc.date.sdate2007-08-11en
dc.description.abstractThere are over 1.9 million eye injuries per year in the United States with over 30,000 patients left blind in at least one eye as a result of trauma. Some of the most severe eye injuries can occur in automobile accidents and from sports related impacts. Eye injuries in the military environment are even more prevalent and are generally more severe than eye injuries to civilians. The rate of eye injuries has dramatically increased in warfare in recent years, rising from 2% of all casualties during World War I and World War II to over 13% of all combat injuries in Operation Desert Storm. While many of the conflict-related eye injuries are caused by shrapnel and other debris, nearly 25% of the injuries are also caused by blunt trauma from motor vehicle and helicopter crashes, falling, and direct hits from blunt objects. In order to develop safety countermeasures effective at preventing these eye injuries, as well as evaluate the eye injury potential of different impacts, it is desirable to have the capability for distinguishing between injurious and non-injurious eye impacts. Current anthropometric test device (ATD) headforms lack instrumentation and facial features to allow detailed assessment of eye or discrete facial injuries. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation is to present the development and validation of the Facial and Ocular CountermeasUre Safety (FOCUS) headform's synthetic eye and orbit and corresponding eye injury risk criteria.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-08112007-155004en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08112007-155004/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/28618en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartEKennedy_Dissertation_ETDii--Development_and_Validation_of_a_Biofidelic_Synthetic_Eye_for_the_FOCUS_Headform.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectRisk Functionen
dc.subjectATD Headformen
dc.subjectFOCUS Headformen
dc.subjectEyeen
dc.subjectInjuryen
dc.titleThe Development and Validation of a Biofidelic Synthetic Eye for the Facial and Ocular CountermeasUre Safety (FOCUS) Headformen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineBiomedical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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