Restoring visual perception using microsystem technologies: Engineering and manufacturing perspectives

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 97 PART 2, 2007, Pages 473-480

  Krisch, I ^a   Hosticka, B J ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

microsystem; neuromodulation; Retina implant; retinitis pigmentosa; visual prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85052608810     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-33081-4_54     Document Type: Review

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