Retinal prostheses for the blind

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-144

  Javaheri, Michael ^a,b   Hahn, David S ^a,b   Lakhanpal, Rohit R ^a,b   Weiland, James D ^a,b   Humayun, Mark S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Artificial vision; Retinal implants; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 33745203504     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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