Acute electrical stimulation of the human retina with an epiretinal electrode array

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Keserü, Matthias ^a   Feucht, Matthias ^a   Bornfeld, Norbert ^b   Laube, Thomas ^b   Walter, Peter ^c   Rössler, Gernot ^c   Velikay Parel, Michaela ^d   Hornig, Ralf ^e   Richard, Gisbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AACHEN MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

acute electrical stimulation; artificial vision; epiretinal electrode array; retina prosthesis; retinal implant; retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIRETINAL MICROELECTRODE ARRAY; FEMALE; FILM; FOLLOW UP; GENERATOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84856525329     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02288.x     Document Type: Article

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