期刊
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
卷 16, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/aaf071
关键词
retinal prosthesis; bionic eye; current steering; neural activity shaping; quadratic program; stimulation strategy
资金
- Australian Research Council [DP140104533]
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function [CE140100007]
- NHMRC [1106390]
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [1106390] Funding Source: NHMRC
Objective. Retinal prostheses provide visual perception via electrical stimulation of the retina using an implanted array of electrodes. The retinal activation resulting from each electrode is not point-like; instead each electrode introduces a spread of retinal activation that may overlap with activations from other electrodes. With most conventional stimulation strategies this overlap leads to image blur. Here we propose a 'shaping' algorithm that uses multiple electrodes to manipulate the current between electrodes in a desired way. Approach. We assume a forward model for the conversion of electrode strengths to retinal activation. Three alternative global shaping algorithms are developed by calculating reverse models under different assumptions: linear inversion using singular value decomposition to produce the pseudoinverse, a linearly constrained quadratic program, and a binary quadratic program to partition the target pattern. The algorithms were assessed using both the mean squared error between the resulting images and desired images, as well as their adherence to the maximum allowed electrode currents. Main results. Under wide activation spreads the linear inversion algorithm gave improved solutions but faced two limitations: under low- noise conditions the electrode amplitudes exceeded their set limit; the set of solutions did not include the possibility of using negative local currents to induce retinal activation. The linearly constrained quadratic program and binary quadratic program respectively addressed these problems, but required much greater computation time. Significance. This provides a framework for improving the resolution of future retinal implants, especially those with high density electrode arrays.
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