Clinical and physiological aspects of the cortical visual prosthesis
Authors:
Haim Karny
Affiliation:
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;2. Department of Neurosurgery, Tel-Aviv University Medical School, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Abstract:
Physiological concepts and experimental evidence indicate the feasibility of developing an effective artificial visual system through direct stimulation of the visual cortex. The technical, medical and physiological aspects are reviewed.