Blind subjects implanted with the Argus II retinal prosthesis are able to improve performance in a spatial-motor task

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 539-543

  Ahuja, Ashish K ^a   Dorn, J D ^a   Caspi, A ^a   McMahon, M J ^a   Dagnelie, G ^b   DaCruz, L ^c   Stanga, P ^d   Humayun, M S ^e   Greenberg, R J ^a  

^a Second Sight Medical Products Inc   (United States)

^b Lions Vision Center   (United States)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETINA; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 79952988118     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.179622     Document Type: Article

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