The detection of motion by blind subjects with the epiretinal 60-electrode (Argus II) retinal prosthesis

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-189

  Dorn, Jessy D ^a   Ahuja, Ashish K ^b   Caspi, Avi ^a   Da Cruz, Lyndon ^c   Dagnelie, Gislin ^e   Sahel, Jose Alain ^d,g,h,i   Greenberg, Robert J ^a   McMahon, Matthew J ^f  

^a Second Sight Medical Products Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^f NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g INSTITUT DE LA VISION   (France)

^h CNRS   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL VISION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84874028115     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamaophthalmol.221     Document Type: Article

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