Object localization, discrimination, and grasping with the optic nerve visual prosthesis

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-40

  Duret, Florence ^a   Brelén, Mårten E ^a   Lambert, Valerie ^a   Gérard, Benoît ^a   Delbeke, Jean ^a   Veraart, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blindness; Electrical stimulation; Object discrimination; Optic nerve; Visual prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE STIMULATION; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

BLINDNESS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33644602787     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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