Visual Prosthesis and Ophthalmic Devices (eBook, PDF)

New Hope in Sight
Redaktion: Tombran-Tink, Joyce; Rizzo, Joseph F.; Barnstable, Colin J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume details the latest technology in treating eye injuries and infections. It provides insight into the most up-to-date and established treatment options. The volume focuses on what can currently be achieved with a variety of ocular prostheses as well as what the future holds. Coverage reviews issues such as intraocular lens implants, biocompatibility of materials, retinal implants, testing models, and software designs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Humana Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781597454490
• Artikelnr.: 37340890

Autorenporträt

Joyce Tombran-Tink, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA / Colin J. Barnstable, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA / Joseph F. Rizzo, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Retinal Prosthetic Devices.- Spatial-, Temporal-, and Contrast-Resolutions Obtainable With Retina Implants.- How to Restore Reading With Visual Prostheses.- Subretinal Artificial Silicon Retina Microchip Implantation in Retinitis Pigmentosa.- Development of an Intraocular Retinal Prosthesis to Benefit the Visually Impaired.- Development of a Visual Prosthesis.- The Minimally Invasive Retina Implant Project.- A Retinal Implant System Based on Flexible Polymer Microelectrode Array for Electrical Stimulation.- Electrode Architecture.- Circuit Designs That Model the Properties of the Outer and Inner Retina.- Visual Cortex and Extraocular Retinal Stimulation With Surface Electrode Arrays.- Glaucoma Drainage Devices.- The Efficacy and Safety of Glaucoma Drainage Devices.- Pellucid Marginal Corneal Degeneration.- Artisan Toric Lens Implantation for Correction of Postkeratoplasty Astigmatism.- Phakic Intraocular Lenses for the Treatment of High Myopia.- A Telescope Prosthetic Device for Patients With End-Stage AMD.- The Use of Intracorneal Ring Segments for Keratoconus.