Creating a meaningful visual perception in blind volunteers by optic nerve stimulation

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Brelen M E ^a   Duret, F ^a   Gerard B ^a   Delbeke, J ^a   Veraart, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROSTHETICS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

PHOSPHENES; PIGMENTOSA; SATURATION EFFECTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VIDEORECORDING; VISION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL STIMULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLINDNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SENSORY AIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 22044444552     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/2/1/004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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