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@ARTICLE{Lhler:1038476,
author = {Löhler, Philipp and Albert, Andreas and Erbslöh, Andreas
and Nruthyathi, Nruthyathi and Müller, Frank and Seidl,
Karsten},
title = {{A} {C}ell-{T}ype {S}elective {S}timulation and {R}ecording
{S}ystem for {R}etinal {G}anglion {C}ells},
journal = {IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and systems},
volume = {18},
number = {3},
issn = {1932-4545},
address = {New York, NY},
publisher = {IEEE},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-01472},
pages = {498 - 510},
year = {2024},
note = {The authors would like to thank Thaameran Baskaran, Filip
Yordanov,AhmedHabeel,MustafaAbdulsattar,andLauraHeyermann
for their valuable support.},
abstract = {Abstract—Future retinal implants will require a
stimulation selectivity between different sub-types of
Retinal Ganglion Cells (RGCs) to evoke natural perceptions
rather than phosphenes in patients. To achieve this, a
cell-type specific stimulation pipeline is required that
identifies target RGC sub-types from recorded input images
and extracts the specific stimulation parameters to activate
this cell-type selectively. Promising biological experiments
showed that ON-/OFF- sustained/transient RGCs could be
selectively activated by modulating repetition rate and
amplitude of an electrical stimulation current in the
kilohertz range. This research presents a 42 channel current
controlled stimulation and recording system on chip (SoC)
with parameter input from a real time target RGC selection
algorithm. The SoC is able to stimulate retinal tissue with
sinusoidal frequencies higher than 1 kHz at amplitudes of up
to 200 µA at a supply voltage of 1.8 V. It also includes
tunable recording units with an integrated action potential
detection pipelinethatareabletoamplifysignalsbetween 1 Hz
and 50 kHz. The required area of one stimulator is 0.0071
mm2, while one recording unit consumes an area of 0.0092
mm2. The application of sinusoidal stimulation currents in
the kilohertz range towards retinal tissue leads to a
suppressive response of only certain RGC sub-types that has
not been oberved before, using electrical stimulation.
Because this response is very similar to the natural light
response of RGCs, this stimulation approach can lead to a
more genuine visual perception for patients using retinal
implants.},
cin = {IBI-1},
ddc = {620},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBI-1-20200312},
pnm = {5243 - Information Processing in Distributed Systems
(POF4-524) / GRK 2610 - GRK 2610: Innovative Schnittstellen
zur Retina für optimiertes künstliches Sehen -
InnoRetVision (424556709)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5243 / G:(GEPRIS)424556709},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1109/TBCAS.2023.3342465},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1038476},
}