A multichannel semicircular canal neural prosthesis using electrical stimulation to restore 3-D vestibular sensation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1016-1030

  Della Santina, Charles C ^a   Migliaccio, Americo A ^a   Patel, Amit H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Balance; Bilateral vestibular deficiency; Chinchilla; Gentamicin; Implant; Labyrinth; Vestibular prosthesis; Vestibulo ocular reflex; VOR

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PROSTHETICS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BILATERAL VESTIBULAR DEFICIENCY; CHINCHILLA; GENTAMICIN; LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR PROSTHESIS; VESTIBULO-OCULAR REFLEX;

NEUROLOGY;

GENTAMICIN;

ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CHINCHILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; IMPLANT; IN VIVO STUDY; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL NEURAL PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CHINCHILLA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MICROELECTRODES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 34249314396     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.894629     Document Type: Article

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