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Towards a Smart Bionic Eye
AI-Powered Artificial Vision for the Treatment of Incurable Blindness
These NLM-funded researchers bring together artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and visual prostheses – retinal and brain implants referred to as “bionic eyes” – in hopes of one day providing better assistive technology for incurable blindness that affects about 40 million people worldwide.
Despite recent advances in gene and stem cell therapies, which are showing great promise, there are no effective treatments for many people blinded by severe degeneration or damage to the retina, the optic nerve, or cortex. In such cases, an electronic visual prosthesis (“bionic eye”) may be the only option. The goal is thus to address fundamental questions at the intersection of neuroscience, computer science, and human-computer interaction that will enable the development of a Smart Bionic Eye.
Find more information in the NIH RePORTER or PubMed Central.
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