Retinal prosthesis for the blind

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 335-356

  Margalit, Eyal ^a   Maia, Mauricio ^a   Weiland, James D ^a   Greenberg, Robert J ^b   Fujii, Gildo Y ^a   Torres, Gustavo ^a   Piyathaisere, Duke V ^a   O'Hearn, Thomas M ^a   Liu, Wentai ^c   Lazzi, Gianluca ^c   Dagnelie, Gislin ^a   Scribner, Dean A ^d   De Juan Jr , Eugene ^a   Humayun, Mark S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Second Sight LLC   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial vision; Blindness; Cortical prosthesis; Electrical stimulation; Electronic implants; Macular degeneration; Optic nerve; Optic nerve prosthesis; Retina; Retinal prosthesis; Retinitis pigmentosa; Visual cortex; Visual prosthesis

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE INFECTION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; THERMAL INJURY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BLINDNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETINAL DISEASES; SAFETY;

EID: 0036342953     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(02)00311-9     Document Type: Review

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