Research Article

Modeling Hypertension as a Contributor to Retinal Hemorrhaging from Abusive Head Trauma

Table 1

Material properties used in the FEA model.

RetinaBlood vessel wallBlood

Density (kg/m3)1098 [41]1147 [42]1057 [42]
Poisson’s ratio0.49 [43]0.17 [44]Not applicable
Young’s modulus (Pa)90,000 [43]192,000 [44]Not applicable