The Field of Visual Prosthetic Devices: Conceptual Foundation, Status and Controversy

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Identifier 20110207_nanos_controversies_04
Title The Field of Visual Prosthetic Devices: Conceptual Foundation, Status and Controversy
Creator Rizzo III, Joseph
Subject Blindness; Visual Prosthesis; Retinal Prosthesis; Visual Rehabilitation; Retinal Reorganization
Description The field of visual prosthetic devices has produced a remarkable array of sophisticated technologies over the last 20 years that offer hope for improving the quality-of-life for patients who are severely blind from retinitis pigmentosa. Five companies have already performed chronic implants in humans, and all five report fairly positive results.
Date 2011-02-07
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2011 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2011: Hot Topics (Controversies)
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2011. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6qc390p
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Secondary Landau, Klara; Miller, Neil
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 181734
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qc390p
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