C-sight visual prostheses for the blind: Optic nerve stimulation with penetrating electrode array

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 20-28

  Chai, Xinyu ^a   Li, Liming ^a   Wu, Kaijie ^a   Zhou, Chuanqing ^a   Cao, Pengjia ^a   Ren, Qiushi ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CAMERA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; RABBIT; SEMICONDUCTOR; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; OPTIC NERVE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RABBITS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 52149100622     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2008.923959     Document Type: Article

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