Visualisation of active subretinal implants with external connections by high-resolution CT

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 843-847

  Gekeler, Florian ^a   Kopp, Andreas ^b   Sachs, Helmut ^c   Besch, Dorothea ^a   Greppmaier, Udo ^d   Zrenner, Eberhart ^a   Bartz Schmidt, Karl Ulrich ^a   Szurman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

^d Retina Implant AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYEBALL; GAZE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBRETINAL IMPLANT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EYE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; ORBIT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954273260     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.170654     Document Type: Article

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