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Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Retinal Implant Research Presented at Vision 2005
The Vision 2005 is currently being held in London in the UK. Among the many presentations on issues affecting blind and vision impaired people are two concerning research into retinal prostheses.
The BBC reported on a presentation by Dr Gislin Dagnelie from Johns Hopkins University in 'Bionic eye will let the blind see' (5 April 2005), while the Register reported on Dr Ronald Schuchard's presentation on the the Artificial Silicon Retina in 'Chip improves vision, baffles scientists' (5 April 2005). Dr Schuchard is Director of the Atlanta VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Center and an Associate Professor at Emory University.
The abstracts to both presentations can be found at Abstracts - Monday 4 April - Vision 2005 and are headed '116.04 - Dagnelie, Gislin: Prosthetic vision for the blind: the future in sight?' and '116.01 - Schuchard, Ronald: Recovery of visual function in retinitis pigmentosa with the subretinal artificial silicon retina setinal prosthesis.'
Please Note: The BBC article referenced above incorrectly states that Dr. Dagnelie designed a bionic eye. While Dr. Dagnelie is involved with research into artifical vision, he has not designed a retinal implant and has not claimed to do so.
The BBC reported on a presentation by Dr Gislin Dagnelie from Johns Hopkins University in 'Bionic eye will let the blind see' (5 April 2005), while the Register reported on Dr Ronald Schuchard's presentation on the the Artificial Silicon Retina in 'Chip improves vision, baffles scientists' (5 April 2005). Dr Schuchard is Director of the Atlanta VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Center and an Associate Professor at Emory University.
The abstracts to both presentations can be found at Abstracts - Monday 4 April - Vision 2005 and are headed '116.04 - Dagnelie, Gislin: Prosthetic vision for the blind: the future in sight?' and '116.01 - Schuchard, Ronald: Recovery of visual function in retinitis pigmentosa with the subretinal artificial silicon retina setinal prosthesis.'
Please Note: The BBC article referenced above incorrectly states that Dr. Dagnelie designed a bionic eye. While Dr. Dagnelie is involved with research into artifical vision, he has not designed a retinal implant and has not claimed to do so.
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