Pattern Recognition with the Optic Nerve Visual Prosthesis

Artificial Organs

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 996-1004

  Veraart, Claude ^a   Wanet Defalque, Marie Chantal ^a   Gérard, Benoît ^a   Vanlierde, Annick ^a   Delbeke, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Human; Optic nerve; Retinitis pigmentosa; Spiral cuff electrode; Vision rehabilitation; Visual prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; EYE PROTECTION; NEURAL PROSTHESES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROSTHETICS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

EXTERNAL CONTROLLER; HUMAN; NEUROSTIMULATORS; OPTIC NERVE; PROCESSING TIME; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SIMPLE++; SPIRAL CUFF ELECTRODES; VISION REHABILITATION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ELECTRODES;

ADULT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CASE REPORT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEARNING; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; OPTIC NERVE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEMETRY; TELEVISION CAMERA; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0242438825     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2003.07305.x     Document Type: Article

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