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This chapter provides a brief introduction to the architecture and function of the healthy visual system. Particular emphasis is placed on the diverse capabilities of the visual system that visual prosthesis researchers may want to emulate, to provide the reader with a realistic sense of the daunting challenges facing workers in this field.
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Abbreviations
- CCD:
-
Charge-coupled device
- COS:
-
Cone outer segment
- HL:
-
Henle fiber layer
- INL:
-
Inner nuclear layer
- LGN:
-
Lateral geniculate nucleus
- NOT:
-
Nucleus of the optic tract
- ONL:
-
Outer nuclear layer
- RPE:
-
Retinal pigment epithelium
- SC:
-
Superior colliculus
- TN:
-
Terminal nucleus
- V1:
-
Primary visual cortex, striate cortex
- V2:
-
Secondary visual cortex, peristriate/extrastriate cortex
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Supported in part by PHS grant # EY019991. This chapter is an adaptation of parts of an earlier chapter. [19] The author wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Eyal Margalit, M.D., who co-authored that chapter.
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Dagnelie, G. (2011). The Human Visual System: An Engineering Perspective. In: Dagnelie, G. (eds) Visual Prosthetics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0754-7_1
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