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Artificial Vision

A Clinical Guide

  • Summarises the different approaches to technically restoring vision by artificial prostheses

  • Provides a concise resource for ophthalmologists seeking an overview of this specialised topic

  • Written by experts in the field who are currently involved in clinical trials and research

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction or Principles of Functional Assessment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Prospects and Limitations of Spatial Resolution

      • Jörg Sommerhalder, Angélica Pérez Fornos
      Pages 29-45
  3. Retinal Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
    2. Argus® II Retinal Prosthesis System

      • Paulo Falabella, Hossein Nazari, Paulo Schor, James D. Weiland, Mark S. Humayun
      Pages 49-63
    3. The Subretinal Implant ALPHA: Implantation and Functional Results

      • Eberhart Zrenner, Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt, Dorothea Besch, Florian Gekeler, Assen Koitschev, Helmut G. Sachs et al.
      Pages 65-83
    4. The Boston Retinal Implant

      • Shawn K. Kelly, Joseph Rizzo
      Pages 85-97
    5. Pixium Vision: First Clinical Results and Innovative Developments

      • Ralf Hornig, Marcus Dapper, Eric Le Joliff, Robert Hill, Khalid Ishaque, Christoph Posch et al.
      Pages 99-113
    6. Suprachoroidal Retinal Prostheses

      • Lauren N. Ayton, Gregg J. Suaning, Nigel H. Lovell, Matthew A. Petoe, David A. X. Nayagam, Tamara-Leigh E. Brawn et al.
      Pages 125-138
  4. Orbital and Intracranial Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
    2. Penetrative Optic Nerve-Based Visual Prosthesis Research

      • Menghui Li, Yan Yan, Kaijie Wu, Yiliang Lu, Jingjing Sun, Yao Chen et al.
      Pages 165-176
    3. Thalamic Visual Prosthesis Project

      • Margee J. Kyada, Nathaniel J. Killian, John S. Pezaris
      Pages 177-189
    4. CORTIVIS Approach for an Intracortical Visual Prostheses

      • Eduardo Fernández, Richard A. Normann
      Pages 191-201
    5. The Intracortical Visual Prosthesis Project

      • Philip R. Troyk
      Pages 203-214

About this book

This book presents and analyses the most recent research dedicated to restoring vision in individuals who are severely impaired or blind from retinal disease or injury. It is written by the leading groups worldwide who are at the forefront of developing artificial vision. The book begins by discussing the difficulties in comparing and interpreting functional results in the area of very low vision and the principal prospects and limitations of spatial resolution with artificial tools. Further on, chapters are included by researchers who stimulate the surface or the pigment epithelial side of the retina and by experts who work on stimulating the optic nerve, the lateral geniculate body and the superficial layers of the visual cortex.

Artificial Vision: A Clinical Guide collates the most recent work of key artificial vision research groups to explain in a comparable and stringent order their varying approaches, the clinical or preclinical outcomes and their achievements during the last years. Senior ophthalmic fellows and academic practitioners will find this guide to be an indispensable resource for understanding the current status of artificial vision.   

Editors and Affiliations

  • Munich, Germany

    Veit Peter Gabel

About the editor

Peter V. Gabel, MD, FARVO

Professor of Ophthalmology

Director of Fellowships

International Council of Ophthalmology 

Munich, Germany

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Artificial Vision

  • Book Subtitle: A Clinical Guide

  • Editors: Veit Peter Gabel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41876-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41874-2Published: 28 December 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82453-6Published: 12 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41876-6Published: 24 November 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 232

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ophthalmology

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eBook USD 79.99
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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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