Position, size and luminosity of phosphenes generated by direct optic nerve stimulation

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1091-1102

  Delbeke, Jean ^a   Oozeer, Medhy ^a   Veraart, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Optic nerve; Perceived position; Psychophysics; Visual prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SIMULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; OPTIC NERVE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0037379774     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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