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Retinal Prosthetic Approaches to Enhance Visual Perception for Blind Patients.

Shinyong Shim, Kyungsik Eom, Joonsoo Jeong, Sung June Kim

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Review in Micromachines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Retinitis Pigmentosa: Current Clinical Management and Emerging Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  9. Retinal Organoids and Retinal Prostheses: An Overview.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Shinyong ShimDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
Kyungsik EomDepartment of Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea.
Joonsoo JeongSchool of Biomedical Convergence Engineering, College of Information and Biomedical Engineering, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-1541-5586
Sung June KimDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-7902-1223

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea 2019R1F1A1063198National Research Foundation of Korea Brain Korea 21 Plus Project, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University in 2019Pusan National University Research Grant, 2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinal prostheses are implantable devices that aim to restore the vision of blind patients suffering from retinal degeneration, mainly by artificially stimulating the remaining retinal neurons. Some retinal prostheses have successfully reached the stage of clinical trials; however, these devices can only restore vision partially and remain insufficient to enable patients to conduct everyday life independently. The visual acuity of the artificial vision is limited by various factors from both engineering and physiological perspectives. To overcome those issues and further enhance the visual resolution of retinal prostheses, a variety of retinal prosthetic approaches have been proposed, based on optimization of the geometries of electrode arrays and stimulation pulse parameters. Other retinal stimulation modalities such as optics, ultrasound, and magnetics have also been utilized to address the limitations in conventional electrical stimulation. Although none of these approaches have been clinically proven to fully restore the function of a degenerated retina, the extensive efforts made in this field have demonstrated a series of encouraging findings for the next generation of retinal prostheses, and these could potentially enhance the visual acuity of retinal prostheses. In this article, a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of retinal prosthetic strategies is provided, with a specific focus on a quantitative assessment of visual acuity results from various retinal stimulation technologies. The aim is to highlight future directions toward high-resolution retinal prostheses.

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high resolutionretinal prosthesisretinal stimulationvision restorationvisual perception

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PMID32456341
PMCPMC7281011

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