title: Ballistic injury simulation using the material point method.
abstract: The Material Point Method is used in the computational simulation of ballistic projectile damage to the heart. A transversely isotropic hyperelastic material model is used to model the myocardium. Computed estimates of tissue damage are used to characterize damaged tissue. The method's potential to estimate the damaged tissue in the complete torso is considered.
authors.affiliation: Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ionescu
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guilkey
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berzins
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003238:Connective Tissue; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating