Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33748766›Full record

ArticleIEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology2020

A Patient-Specific Computational Framework for the Argus II Implant.

Kathleen E Finn, Hans J Zander, Robert D Graham, Scott F Lempka, James D Weiland

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in IEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Inference of Electrical Stimulation Sensitivity from Recorded Activity of Primate Retinal Ganglion Cells.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. A Computational Model of Phosphene Appearance for Epiretinal Prostheses.Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference · 2021
    Article
  9. Real-Time Optimization of Retinal Ganglion Cell Spatial Activity in Response to Epiretinal Stimulation.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2021
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kathleen E FinnDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA and are associated with the Biointerfaces Institute.
Hans J ZanderDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA and are associated with the Biointerfaces Institute.
Robert D GrahamDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA and are associated with the Biointerfaces Institute.
Scott F LempkaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA and are associated with the Biointerfaces Institute.
James D WeilandDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA and are associated with the Biointerfaces Institute.

Funding

Experimental and Clinical Investigations of Retinal StimulationR01EY022931 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI WEILAND, JAMES D. · 2013 to 2017
$4.5M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022931
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

goalRetinal prosthesis performance is limited by the variability of elicited phosphenes. The stimulating electrode's position with respect to retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) affects both perceptual threshold and phosphene shape. We created a modeling framework incorporating patient-specific anatomy and electrode location to investigate RGC activation and predict inter-electrode differences for one Argus II user.

methodsWe used ocular imaging to build a three-dimensional finite element model characterizing retinal morphology and implant placement. To predict the neural response to stimulation, we coupled electric fields with multi-compartment cable models of RGCs. We evaluated our model predictions by comparing them to patient-reported perceptual threshold measurements.

resultsOur model was validated by the ability to replicate clinical impedance and threshold values, along with known neurophysiological trends. Inter-electrode threshold differences

conclusionsWe developed a patient-specific retinal stimulation framework to quantitatively predict RGC activation and better explain phosphene variations.

Indexed as

Argus IIcomputational modelingpatient-specificretinal ganglion cellretinal prosthesis

Identifiers

PMID33748766
PMCPMC7971167

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.