Visual perception in a blind subject with a chronic microelectronic retinal prosthesis

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 2573-2581

  Humayun, Mark S ^a   Weiland, James D ^a   Fujii, Gildo Y ^a   Greenberg, Robert ^b   Williamson, Richard ^b   Little, Jim ^b   Mech, Brian ^b   Cimmarusti, Valerie ^b   Van Boemel, Gretchen ^a   Dagnelie, Gislin ^c   De Juan Jr , Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Second Sight   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LIGHT; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; ELECTRODE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETINA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLINDNESS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTORECEPTORS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0038598030     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00457-7     Document Type: Article

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