Estimating the position of simulated phosphenes using a tactile guide

Seeing and Perceiving

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-140

  Lu, Yanyu ^a   Fan, Jin ^a   Zhou, Chunaqing ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Tao, Chen ^a   Ren, Qiushi ^a,b   Chai, Xinyu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Phosphene positioning; Prosthetic vision; Tactile guide; Tactile perception

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ERRORS; DIFFERENT SIZES; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; LIGHT SPOT; LUMINANCE CONDITIONS; PHOSPHENE POSITIONING; POLAR COORDINATE; POSITIONING PERFORMANCE; PROSTHETIC VISION; SIMULATION STUDIES; TACTILE GUIDE; TACTILE PERCEPTION; TRAINING SESSIONS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

DISPERSIONS; FLICKERING; LUMINANCE; PROSTHETICS;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONDITIONING; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; METHODOLOGY; MONOCULAR VISION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOUCH; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHENES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOFTWARE; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053408234     PISSN: 18784755     EISSN: 18784763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187847511X570088     Document Type: Article

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