Implants for artificial vision

Expert Review of Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 515-523

  Walter, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blindness; Electrical stimulation; Retina implant; Retinal dystrophy; Retinitis pigmentosa; Visual cortex; Visual prosthesis; Vitreoretinal surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOTOXICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; OPTIC NERVE IMPLANT; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RETINA IMPLANT; RETINA SURGERY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMIC NERVE IMPLANT; TOXICITY TESTING; VISUAL CORTEX IMPLANT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 74049135407     PISSN: 17469899     EISSN: 17469902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eop.09.42     Document Type: Review

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