"Introduction This book is unique in that it is intended for the wide variety of professionals involved in the study of crash-related neck injury. For those with primarily a vehicle background@ it provides an overview of how x-rays@ CTs@ and MRIs may be used as a source of information to help analyze vehicle crashes and the associated injuries. For those with primarily a clinical background@ it provides insight into how injuries relate to the vehicle crash. Determining the type of motion(s) associated with a particular injury can be of considerable importance for several reasons. These include: (1) helping to understand how to reduce the risk of such injuries in the future; (2) providing insight into how a particular injury should be treated; and (3) alerting the health-care provider to specific concomitant injuries that may be associated with a particular injury@ but which are quite subtle and easy to overlook (especially initially). This book draws upon various experiences that I have had during my 25+ years in automotive safety@ especially lectures that I delivered at universities@ technical societies@ and government and industry forums. More specifically@ the university lectures included those at Harvard Medical School@ the University of Michigan@ and Wayne State University. Government and industry forums included organizing and/or presenting at meetings of the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology@ Florida State Legislature@ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)@ White House Conferences@ the SAE Government-Industry Meeting@ and Arizona and Michigan Councils of Government. I have also had the opportunity to review research proposals for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and review technical papers for the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine@ Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)@ and National Academy of Sciences/Transportation Research Board. Last but not least@ during the last 15 years@ I have organized and presented at more than 50 SAE conferences and technical seminars. This book is intended to provide an introduction to plain film radiographs (""x-rays"")@ computed tomograms@ and magnetic resonance images such that vehicle safety professionals can use these techniques to help piece together the puzzle and provide a better understanding of the relationship between vehicle crash scenarios and occupant injury. It is intended to foster communication and collaboration in the increasingly complex and interdisciplinary fields of biomechanics@ injury mechanism@ injury mitigation@ and injury treatment."
SAE R-268-2002 history
2002SAE R-268-2002 Neck Iinjury The Use of X-Rays@ CTs@ and MRIs to Study Crash-Related Injury Mechanisms