A CMOS retinal neurostimulator capable of focussed, simultaneous stimulation

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Dommel, N B ^a   Wong, Y T ^a   Lehmann, T ^a   Dodds, C W ^a   Lovell, N H ^a   Suaning, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SOURCES; DIFFERENTIAL NONLINEARITY ERROR; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; HIGH-VOLTAGE CMOS TRANSISTORS; LEAST SIGNIFICANT BITS; LINEAR CURRENT SOURCE; MEDICAL DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES; PROSTHETIC VISION; RESEARCH TEAMS; SALINE SOLUTIONS; STIMULATING ELECTRODES; TEST RESULTS; VOLTAGE COMPLIANCE;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; NEURONS; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ELECTRODES;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; RETINA; RETINA NERVE CELL; SEMICONDUCTOR; VISION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLINDNESS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLINDNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 68049131379     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/6/3/035006     Document Type: Article

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