Repeated mobility testing for later artificial visual function evaluation

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Velikay Parel, M ^a   Ivastinovic, D ^a   Koch, M ^a   Hornig, R ^b   Dagnelie, G ^c   Richard, G ^d   Langmann, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSTHETICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ARTIFICIAL VISUAL FUNCTION EVALUATION; MOBILITY TESTING; VISUAL ACUITY (VA);

COMPUTER VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISION TESTS;

EID: 33847651873     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/4/1/S12     Document Type: Article

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