DocumentCode
2318251
Title
Laser excitation of retinal ganglion cells
Author
Heussner, N. ; Schnichels, S. ; Spitzer, M. ; Bartz-Schmidt, K.U. ; Stork, W.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Inf. Process. Technol. (ITIV), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany
fYear
2011
fDate
5-7 Oct. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We present a concept for the laser induced excitation of retinal ganglion cells, using the heat induced by the absorption as an activation mechanism. Furthermore we evaluate the possibility of a durable excitation, potentially yielding a way to overcome the dysfunction of receptors by directly projecting images on the ganglion cell layer.
Keywords
cellular biophysics; eye; laser applications in medicine; radiation therapy; ganglion cell layer; laser induced excitation; receptor dysfunction; retinal ganglion cells; Absorption; Heating; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Retina; Temperature distribution; RPE absorption; Retinal ganglion cell; laser-tissue interaction; retinal image projection;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Biomedical Engineering, 2011 10th International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Kos
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0553-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IWBE.2011.6079042
Filename
6079042
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