Perceptual Efficacy of Electrical Stimulation of Human Retina with a Microelectrode Array during Short-Term Surgical Trials

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5362-5369

  Rizzo III, Joseph F ^a,b   Wyatt, John ^c,d   Loewenstein, John ^a   Kelly, Shawn ^c,d   Shire, Doug ^b,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MICROELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINALDEHYDE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0345445897     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0817     Document Type: Article

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