Advances in the development of visual prostheses

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 122-127

  Lakhanpal, Rohit R ^a   Yanai, Douglas ^a   Weiland, James D ^a   Fujii, Gildo Y ^a   Caffey, Sean ^a   Greenberg, Robert J ^b   De Juan Jr , Eugene ^a   Humayun, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Second Sight LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0038016774     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200306000-00002     Document Type: Review

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