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  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Artificial Vision

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  • Cortical visual prostheses aim to restore vision via electrical stimulation of the visual cortex.
  • Phosphene perception from microstimulation suggests potential for artificial vision, but current methods yield only basic light spots.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review progress in generating and modulating phosphenes in the primary visual cortex (V1).
  • To analyze challenges in creating meaningful artificial percepts from phosphenes.
  • To propose solutions for enhanced visual perception using AI-based stimulation.

Main Methods:

  • Review of clinical and experimental data on microstimulation parameters and perceptual outcomes in human and macaque V1.
  • Analysis of challenges in translating punctate phosphenes into complex visual percepts.
  • Proposal of supervised learning of population codes for spatial stimulation.

Main Results:

  • Significant progress has been made in generating phosphenes and modulating their perceptual characteristics.
  • Current microstimulation techniques in V1 are limited to producing punctate spots of light.
  • Key challenges remain in achieving perception of complex, image-like phosphenated percepts.

Conclusions:

  • Generating meaningful artificial vision with cortical prostheses requires overcoming current limitations in phosphene perception.
  • Supervised learning of population codes offers a promising approach for advanced spatial stimulation strategies.
  • Further research is needed to translate these findings into effective visual restoration technologies.