Title :
Artificial vision by electrical stimulation of the retina
Author :
Weiland, James D. ; Humayun, Mark S.
Author_Institution :
Keck Sch. of Medicine, Southern California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
31 July-4 Aug. 2005
Abstract :
A retinal prosthesis to treat retinal blindness is being evaluated in clinical trials. This is a prototype device that can provide only rudimentary visual sensation, but does show improvement over total blindness. Artificial vision of higher quality will be require a more advanced system. This paper reviews the state of the art of technology for retinal and neural prostheses. Areas that are reviewed include image acquisition and processing, microelectronics, and microelectrode arrays.
Keywords :
biomedical electrodes; computer vision; eye; medical image processing; prosthetics; vision; artificial vision; electrical stimulation; image acquisition; image processing; microelectrode arrays; microelectronics; neural prostheses; retinal blindness; retinal prosthesis; visual sensation; Cameras; Electrical stimulation; Image processing; Medical treatment; Microelectrodes; Microelectronics; Optical sensors; Prosthetics; Retina; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Networks, 2005. IJCNN '05. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE International Joint Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9048-2
DOI :
10.1109/IJCNN.2005.1556421
