Visual Prosthetics

1. The Human Visual System: An Engineering Perspective
Gislin Dagnelie

2. Vision’s First Steps: Anatomy, Physiology, and Perception in the Retina, Lateral Geniculate Nucleus, and Early Visual Cortical Areas
Xoana G. Troncoso, Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde

3. Retinal Remodeling and Visual Prosthetics
Bryan W. Jones, Robert E. Marc, Carl B. Watt

4. Cortical Plasticity and Reorganization in Severe Vision Loss
Eduardo Fernández, Lotfi B. Merabet

5. Visual Perceptual Effects of Long-Standing Vision Loss
Ava K. Bittner, Janet S. Sunness

6. Structures, Materials, and Processes at the Electrode-to-Tissue Interface
Aditi Ray, James D. Weiland

7. Delivery of Information and Power to the Implant, Integration of the Electrode Array with the Retina, and Safety of Chronic Stimulation
James Loudin, Alexander Butterwick, Philip Huie, Daniel Palanker

8. Retinal Cell Excitation Modeling
Carlos J. Cela, Gianluca Lazzi

9. Neurotransmitter Stimulation for Retinal Prosthesis: The Artificial Synapse Chip
Raymond Iezzi, Paul G. Finlayson

10. Synthetic Chromophores and Neural Stimulation of the Visual System
Elias Greenbaum, Barbara R. Evans

11. Biophysics/ Engineering of Cortical Electrodes
Philip R. Troyk

12. The Response of Retinal Neurons to Electrical Stimulation: A Summary of In Vitro and In Vivo Animal Studies
Shelley I. Fried, Ralph J. Jensen

13. Findings from Acute Retinal Stimulation in Blind Patients
Peter Walter, Gernot Roessler

14. The Perceptual Effects of Chronic Retinal Stimulation
Alan Horsager, Ione Fine

15. Findings from Chronic Optic Nerve and Cortical Stimulation
Edward M. Schmidt

16. Simulations of Prosthetic Vision
Michael P. Barry, Gislin Dagnelie

17. Image Analysis, Information Theory and Prosthetic Vision
Luke E. Hallum, Nigel H. Lovell

18. Simulations of Cortical Prosthetic Vision
Nishant R. Srivastava

19. Phosphene Mapping Techniques for Visual Prostheses
H. Christiaan Stronks, Gislin Dagnelie

20. Prosthetic Vision Assessment
Marilyn E. Schneck, Gislin Dagnelie

21. Activities of Daily Living and Rehabilitation with Prosthetic Vision
Duane R. Geruschat, James Deremeik

Keywords: Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Ophthalmology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Biophysics and Biological Physics, Neurosciences