- Offers a comprehensive review of world-wide research on the development of a visual prosthesis for blind patients
- Examines the physiologic and engineering issues of visual prosthesis
- Discusses patents in the field of visual prosthesis
For the millions of people with untreatable blindness the thought of a visual prosthesis that would allow them to live a normal life has always been a distant hope. There have been intermittent bright spots that periodically fan that hope such as when Dr. Dobelle's visual prosthesis patient drove a car in an empty parking lot.
This book will serve as an update of the work in developing a visual prosthesis. Chapters discuss the physiologic and engineering issues, alternative strategies, and patents, as well as recent research studies.
Visual Prosthesis - A Concise Guide is a must-have resource for ophthalmologists, neurologists, engineers and physicists.
Table of Contents- Blindness
- Anatomy of the Visual System
- History
- Questions
- Cortical Visual Prosthesis Studies
- Retinal Implant Studies
- Other Projects
- US Visual Prosthesis Patents
- Noninvasive Brain Treatment Modalities
