Post by pavel on Jan 19, 2016 16:28:14 GMT -6
On the battlefield, soldiers gear up in head-to-toe military wear, most of it helping to reduce the risk of bullets or of shrapnel from explosions. But nothing truly blunts the effects of an explosion’s shockwave.
A concussive blast can have damaging effects on soldiers even if they don’t suffer physical injury.
A UTA bioengineering professor and chairman of the Bioengineering Department, Michael Cho, is leading a research team hoping to learn how shock waves can damage the brain.
Scientists suspect shock waves can cause microcavitations, or tiny bubbles, in the brain. They are so small that typical brain scans cannot detect them or the damage they cause.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/opinion/editorials/article54980350.html
A concussive blast can have damaging effects on soldiers even if they don’t suffer physical injury.
A UTA bioengineering professor and chairman of the Bioengineering Department, Michael Cho, is leading a research team hoping to learn how shock waves can damage the brain.
Scientists suspect shock waves can cause microcavitations, or tiny bubbles, in the brain. They are so small that typical brain scans cannot detect them or the damage they cause.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/opinion/editorials/article54980350.html