Visual Neuroprosthetics—Functional Vision for the Blind

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 77-83

  Normann, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

HISTOLOGY; INTRACORTICAL ELECTRODE ARRAY; NEURONS; PHOSPHENES; VIDEO ENCODER; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL NEUROPROSTHETICS;

PROSTHETICS;

BLINDNESS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0028944998     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.340752     Document Type: Article

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