Prosthetic interfaces with the visual system: Biological issues

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Cohen, Ethan D ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; NEURONS; VISION;

GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MACHINE BRAIN INTERFACES; MINIATURIZATION; PROSTHETIC INTERFACES; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA (RP); VISUAL CORTEX;

PROSTHETICS;

BLINDNESS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLINDNESS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETINA; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

PRIMATES;

EID: 34247261632     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/4/2/R02     Document Type: Review

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