Visual prostheses: The enabling technology to give sight to the blind

Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 494-505

  Maghami, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Sodagar, Amir Masoud ^a,b   Lashay, Alireza ^c   Riazi Esfahani, Hamid ^c   Riazi Esfahani, Mohammad ^c  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Medical implants; Neural prostheses; Visual prostheses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930150833     PISSN: 20082010     EISSN: 2008322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2008-322X.150830     Document Type: Review

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