Introducing the Monash vision group's cortical prosthesis
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Monash Vision Group is developing a bionic eye based on implanting 7–11 small tiles into the visual cortex. Each tile has 43 active electrodes on its base, and a wirelessly powered electronic system to decode control signals and drive the electrodes with biphasic pulses. The tiles are fed with power and data using a common transmitting coil at the back of the patient's head. Sophisticated image processing, described in a companion paper, ensures that the user experiences maximum benefit from the small number of electrodes. This paper describes the progress in the first three years (2010–2012) of this four-year project.
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- Authors
- Lowery, A. J.
- Affiliations
- Monash University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Lowery, Arthur James
- ORCID
- Lowery, Arthur James
- Venue
- 2013 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2013-09
- Pages
- 1536-1539
- ISSN
- 1522-4880 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2030257440
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 7.10
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.monash.edu
- Locations
- Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing (publishedVersion)
- Monash University Research Portal (Monash University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Monash University
- Australian Research Council (SRI 1000006)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Keywords
- retinal prosthesis, visual cortex, neural implants, wireless power transfer, active electrodes, biphasic pulses, image processing
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