Functional outcome in subretinal electronic implants depends on foveal eccentricity

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7658-7665

  Stingl, Katarina ^a   Bartz, Karl Ulrich Schmidt ^a   Gekeler, Florian ^a   Kusnyerik, Akos ^a,b   Sachs, Helmut ^c   Zrenner, Eberhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial vision; Neuroprosthetics; Retinitis pigmentosa; Subretinal visual implant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; FOVEAL ELECTRONIC IMPLANT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINAL IMPLANT; RETINAL THICKNESS; SUBFOVEAL PLACEMENT; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VITRECTOMY;

ARTIFICIAL VISION; NEUROPROSTHETICS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SUBRETINAL VISUAL IMPLANT;

BLINDNESS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84888122348     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12835     Document Type: Article

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