Evaluation of patient suitability for a retinal prosthesis using structural and functional tests of inner retinal integrity

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Huang, Qiuhen ^a   Chowdhury, Vivek ^a,b   Coroneo, Minas Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FOUR QUADRANT; FUNCTIONAL TEST; LAYER THICKNESS; NERVE FIBRES; NORMAL CONTROLS; OCT IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PULSE DURATIONS; RETINAL PROSTHESIS; RETINAL STRUCTURE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

ABERRATIONS; COHERENT LIGHT; CONTACT LENSES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PROSTHETICS; TOMOGRAPHY; VISION;

ALDEHYDES;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RETINA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOSPHENES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 68049122031     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/6/3/035010     Document Type: Article

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