Objective. Retinal prostheses are promising devices to restore vision for patients with severe
age-related macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosa disease. The visual processing …

In the last decades there has been a tremendous increase in demand for Assistive
Technologies (AT) useful to overcome functional limitations of individuals and to improve …

A visual prosthesis is an auxiliary device for patients with blinding diseases that cannot be
treated with conventional surgery or drugs. It converts captured images into corresponding …

Transparent objects, such as glass walls and doors, constitute architectural obstacles
hindering the mobility of people with low vision or blindness. For instance, the open space …

Navigational assistance aims to help visually-impaired people to ambulate the environment
safely and independently. This topic becomes challenging as it requires detecting a wide …

Translational research in vision prosthetics, gene therapy, optogenetics, stem cell and other
forms of transplantation, and sensory substitution is creating new therapeutic options for …

Since the 1960s researchers have developed a range of techniques for evaluating
landscape preference. In parallel with this trend, eye-tracking technology has become …

Retinal degenerative diseases cause profound visual impairment in more than 10 million
people worldwide, and retinal prostheses are being developed to restore vision to these …

Computer vision-based walking assistants are prominent tools for aiding visually impaired
people in navigation. Blind road segmentation is a key element in these walking assistant …

Objective. How can we return a functional form of sight to people who are living with
incurable blindness? Despite recent advances in the development of visual …