A non-invasive retinal prosthesis - Testing the concept

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 6364-6367

  Nikolic, K ^a   Grossman, N ^a   Yan, H ^a   Drakakis, E ^a   Toumazou, C ^a   Degenaar, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

RETINAL PROSTHESIS; STIMULATION ADDRESS SYSTEMS;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 57649207903     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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