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Predicting visual sensitivity in retinal prosthesis patients

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Horsager, Alan, Greenwald, Scott H., Weiland, James D., Humayun, Mark S., Greenberg, Robert J., McMahon, Matthew J., Boynton, Geoffrey M., Fine, Ione·2009·Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science

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PURPOSE: With the long-term goal of restoring functional vision in patients with retinal degenerative diseases, the eyes of blind human subjects were implanted chronically with epiretinal prostheses consisting of two-dimensional electrode arrays that directly stimulated cells of the neural retina. METHODS: Psychophysical techniques were used to measure the brightness of electrically generated percepts on single electrodes using a variety of electrical stimulation patterns. RESULTS: It was possible to predict the sensitivity of the human visual system to a wide variety of retinal electrical stimulation patterns using a simple and biologically plausible model. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to demonstrate that, on the single-electrode level, retinal electrical stimulation in humans can produce visual qualia that are predictable using a quantitative model, a prerequisite for a successful retinal prosthesis. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00279500.).

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Authors
Horsager, A., Greenwald, S. H., Weiland, J. D., Humayun, M. S., Greenberg, R. J., McMahon, M. J., Boynton, G. M., & Fine, I.
Affiliations
  • From the Neuroscience Graduate Program,2Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, and
  • Second Sight Medical Products (US)
  • University of Southern California (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
Venue
Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science
Published
2009-04-01
Volume
50
Issue
4
Pages
1483
ISSN
  • 0146-0404 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-5783
OpenAlex
W2034500021
Cited by
107
References
59
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FWCI
4.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Eye Institute (R01EY014645, R24EY012893, EY012893, R01EY012893)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Retinal Development and Disorders
Keywords
retinal prosthesis, epiretinal prosthesis, retinal degeneration, visual perception model
MeSH terms
Blindness, Electric Stimulation, Electrodes, Implanted, Humans, Microelectrodes, Middle Aged, Models, Biological, Photic Stimulation, Retina, Retinal Degeneration, Sensory Thresholds, Visual Perception, Prosthesis Implantation

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