Artificial vision for the blind by connecting a television camera to the visual cortex

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-9

  Dobelle, Wm H ^a,b,c  

^a Institut Dobelle AG   (Switzerland)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; VIDEO CAMERAS; VISION AIDS;

ARTIFICIAL VISION;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; TELEVISION CAMERA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033972960     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-200001000-00002     Document Type: Article

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