The functional performance of the Argus II retinal prosthesis

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-30

  Stronks, H Christiaan ^a,b   Dagnelie, Gislin ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argus II; electrical stimulation of the retina; epiretinal implant; low vision; retinal prosthesis; retinitis pigmentosa; spatial resolution; vision rehabilitation; visual acuity; visual prosthetics

Indexed keywords

ARGUS II; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; LOW VISION; RETINAL PROSTHESIS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VISION REHABILITATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ALDEHYDES; NEURONS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; VISION;

PROSTHETICS;

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTRODE; EYE MOVEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NERVE CELL STIMULATION; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINAL IMPLANT; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BLINDNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84893037341     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.2014.862494     Document Type: Review

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