Visual neuroprosthesis: A non invasive system for stimulating the cortex

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2648-2662

  Piedade, Moisés ^a,b   Gerald, José ^a,b   Sousa, Leonel Augusto ^a,b   Tavares, Gonçalo ^a,b   Tomás, Pedro ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INESC   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Artificial retina; Biomedical implant; Cortical stimulation and monitoring; Inductive communication link; Neuro morphic encoder; Smart implant; Wireless neuroprosthesis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROELECTRODES; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; PROSTHETICS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL RETINA; BIOMEDICAL IMPLANT; CORTICAL STIMULATION; INDUCTIVE COMMUNICATION LINK; NEUROMORPHIC ENCODER; SMART IMPLANT; WIRELESS NEUROPROSTHESIS;

MICROELECTRONICS;

EID: 29344437807     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.857923     Document Type: Article

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