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Visual prostheses for the blind

Overview of attention for article published in Trends in Biotechnology, August 2013
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Title
Visual prostheses for the blind
Published in
Trends in Biotechnology, August 2013
DOI 10.1016/j.tibtech.2013.07.001
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Authors

Robert K. Shepherd, Mohit N. Shivdasani, David A.X. Nayagam, Christopher E. Williams, Peter J. Blamey

Abstract

After more than 40 years of research, visual prostheses are moving from the laboratory into the clinic. These devices are designed to provide prosthetic vision to the blind by stimulating localized neural populations in one of the retinotopically organized structures of the visual pathway - typically the retina or visual cortex. The long gestation of this research reflects the many significant technical challenges encountered including surgical access, mechanical stability, hardware miniaturization, hermetic encapsulation, high-density electrode arrays, and signal processing. This review provides an introduction to the pathophysiology of blindness; an overview of existing visual prostheses, their advantages and drawbacks; the perceptual effects evoked by electrical stimulation; as well as the role played by plasticity and training in clinical outcomes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 1%
France 2 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Russia 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 251 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 59 23%
Student > Bachelor 44 17%
Researcher 39 15%
Student > Master 34 13%
Student > Postgraduate 11 4%
Other 35 13%
Unknown 39 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 61 23%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 34 13%
Neuroscience 33 13%
Materials Science 13 5%
Computer Science 13 5%
Other 59 23%
Unknown 48 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 November 2022.
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#2,485,346
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Trends in Biotechnology
#395
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#20,627
of 207,919 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Trends in Biotechnology
#3
of 13 outputs
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