Silicon LSI-based smart stimulators for retinal prosthesis: A flexible and extendable microchip-based stimulator

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 47-59

  Ohta, Jun ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Tokuda, Takashi ^a,b,g   Kagawa, Keiichiro ^a,c,g,h   Furumiya, Tetsuo ^g   Uehara, Akihiro ⁱ   Terasawa, Yasuo ⁱ   Ozawa, Motoki ⁱ   Fujikado, Takashi ^j,k   Tano, Yasuo ^{i,j,l,m,n,o,p,q,r}  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^b Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^c Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers of Japan   (Japan)

^d Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering   (Japan)

^e Institute of Electronic and Electronics Engineers   (Japan)

^f OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^g NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^h IEEE

ⁱ IEEE ^*

^j OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^k Japanese Consortium for Artificial Retina   (Japan)

^l OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m Japan Stroke Society   (Japan)

ⁿ Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology

^o Intl Council of Ophthalmology   (United States)

^p Advisory Committee for the International Council of Ophthalmology

^q Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis

^r International Council of Ophthalmology Foundation

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; PLATINUM; POLYIMIDE; SILICON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CELL STIMULATION; CHOROID; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FROG; HUMAN; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PACKAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PULSE RATE; RETINA; RETINA CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 33749868910     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/memb.2006.1705747     Document Type: Review

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