A neuroengineering suite of computational tools for visual prostheses

Authors:
Christian Morillas;Samuel Romero;Antonio Martínez;Francisco Pelayo;Leonardo Reyneri;Markus Bongard;Eduardo Fernández
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, University of Granada, Spain;Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, University of Granada, Spain and Department of Computer Sciences, University of Jaén, Spain;Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, University of Granada, Spain;Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, University of Granada, Spain;Department of Electronics, Politecnico of Torino, Italy;Department of Histology and Institute of Bioengineering, University Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain;Department of Histology and Institute of Bioengineering, University Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
Venue:
Neurocomputing
Year:
2007

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Abstract

The cooperation between neuroscience and biomedical engineering gave rise to a recent, but growing research field, known as neuroengineering. We follow its principles to have a system providing basic descriptions of the visual world to the brain's cortex. We describe a set of software and hardware tools to interface with neural tissue, in order to transmit visual information encoded into a bioinspired neural-like form. The set is composed of a retina-like encoder, and a platform to optimize electrical stimulation parameters for a multi-electrode implant. The main objective is to progress towards a functional visual neuroprosthesis for the blind.