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                            Funding & Awards
 A Forensic Pathology Tool to Predict Pediatric Skull Fracture Patterns
Award Information
Awardee
              Michigan State University
Award #
              2007-DN-BX-K196
Funding Category
              Continuation
Location
                    East Lansing, MI
Awardee County
              Ingham
Congressional District
              8
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2007
Total funding (to date)
              $499,824
Original Solicitation
              National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2007, $499,824)
This research will develop and validate a forensic pathology tool based on established mathematical modeling techniques from the automotive injury setting that will help predict cranial fracture patterns in the pediatric human skull for a given set of input conditions which are dictated by witnesses, defendants, and investigators in a given crime scene setting. Such a tool would greatly aid the forensic pathologist in interpreting head trauma in infants and young children. The study will be performed by with the assistance of a forensic anthropologist from Michigan State University and biomechanical engineers from Michigan State and Wayne State University.

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Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Biomechanical Studies on Patterns of Cranial Bone Fracture Using the Immature Porcine Model
                  Fracture Characteristics of Entrapped Head Impacts Versus Controlled Head Drops in Infant Porcine Specimens
                  Forensic Pathology Tool to Predict Pediatric Skull Fracture Patterns
                  Fracture Patterns on the Infant Porcine Skull Following Severe Blunt Impact
                  Characteristics and Prediction of Cranial Crush Injuries in Children
                  Age-Dependent Fracture Characteristics of Rigid and Compliant Surface Impacts on the Infant SkullA Porcine Model
                  Age-Dependent Mechanical Properties of the Infant Porcine Skull and a Correlation to the Human
                  Age Dependent Mechanical Properties of the Infant Porcine Parietal Bone and a Correlation to the Human

  
Date Created: September 10, 2007
    
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