A comparison of microelectrodes for a visual cortical prosthesis using finite element analysis

Frontiers in Neuroengineering

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2012, Pages

  Brunton, Emma ^a   Lowery, Arthur James ^a   Rajan, Ramesh ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bionic Vision; Cortical Prosthesis; Finite Element Modelling; Microelectrodes; Neural Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR ELECTRODE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONICAL ELECTRODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROELECTRODE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROPROSTHESIS; STRIPED ANNULAR ELECTRODE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84878022733     PISSN: 16626443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneng.2012.00023     Document Type: Article

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