Current and future prospects for optoelectronic retinal prostheses

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1999-2005

  Dowling, J ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Bionic eye; Blindness; Optoelectronic prosthesis; Retinal prosthesis; Visual prosthesis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMPLANTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OPTOELECTRONIC RETINAL PROSTHESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SIMULATION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 70350142707     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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