Visual prosthetics 2006: Assessment and expectations

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-325

  Dagnelie, Gislin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Blindness; Electrode materials; Glaucoma; Prosthesis; Rehabilitation; Retina; Retinitis pigmentosa; Tissue engineering; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLINDNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33646564682     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.3.3.315     Document Type: Review

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