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Visual Prosthesis Based on Optic Nerve Stimulation with Penetrating Electrode Array

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Ren, Q., Chai, X., Wu, K., Zhou, C., Group, CS. (2007). Visual Prosthesis Based on Optic Nerve Stimulation with Penetrating Electrode Array. In: Humayun, M.S., Weiland, J.D., Chader, G., Greenbaum, E. (eds) Artificial Sight. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49331-2_10

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