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Assessment of polyurethane spheres as surrogates for military ballistic head injury

Authors: Peter Mahoney, Debra Carr, Nicholas Hunt, Russ J Delaney

Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine | Issue 1/2019

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SYNBONE® spheres were impacted with 7.62 × 39 mm mild steel core ammunition at a mean impact velocity of 654 m/s, SD 7 m/s, to simulate engagement distances of around 50–100 m. The wounds and fracture patterns were assessed by two forensic pathologists familiar with military cranial injury. The overall fracture pattern was assessed as being too comminuted when compared with actual injury. This suggests the SYNBONE® spheres have less utility for simulating military injury than other purposes described in the literature.

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Title: Assessment of polyurethane spheres as surrogates for military ballistic head injury
Authors: Peter Mahoney
Debra Carr
Nicholas Hunt
Russ J Delaney
Publication date: 01-01-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0937-9827
Electronic ISSN: 1437-1596
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-018-1832-6

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