The state of visual prosthetics - Hype or promise?

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Dagnelie, Gislin ^a   Schuchard, Ronald A ^b,c  

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

^b VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL POPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRODE; GLIA CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CELL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION; VISUAL AID; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLINDNESS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EYE, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34447573027     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2006.08.0098     Document Type: Conference Paper

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