Intraocular epiretinal prosthesis to restore vision in blind humans

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5790-5793

  Mokwa, W ^a   Goertz, M ^b   Koch, C ^a   Krisch, I ^b   Trieu, H K ^b   Walter, P ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROELECTRODES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROSTHETICS; RESTORATION;

ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; EPIRETINAL PROSTHESIS; IMPLANTABLE MICROELECTRODE ARRAYS; RETINAL DEGENERATIONS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SAFETY AND EFFICIENCIES; STIMULATION THRESHOLDS; VISUAL SENSATIONS;

ALDEHYDES;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETINA;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLINDNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETINA;

EID: 61849174727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4650530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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