Prosthetic vision assessment

Visual Prosthetics: Physiology, Bioengineering, Rehabilitation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 385-412

  Schneck, Marilyn E ^a,b   Dagnelie, Gislin ^c  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0754-7_20     Document Type: Chapter

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