April 2010
Volume 51, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2010
Modeling of ERG Electrode Current Stimulation
L. Yow; J. Xie; C. Cela; G. Lazzi; J. Weiland; S. Tsang; M. Humayun
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • L. Yow
    Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
  • J. Xie
    Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
  • C. Cela
    Bioelectromagnetic Lab, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • G. Lazzi
    Bioelectromagnetic Lab, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • J. Weiland
    Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
  • S. Tsang
    Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York
  • M. Humayun
    Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  L. Yow, None; J. Xie, None; C. Cela, None; G. Lazzi, None; J. Weiland, None; S. Tsang, None; M. Humayun, None.
  • Footnotes
    Support  U.S.Department of Energy, Grant No.DE-FC02-04ER63735 and NSF Grant No. 0917458
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2010, Vol.51, 1076. doi:
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      L. Yow, J. Xie, C. Cela, G. Lazzi, J. Weiland, S. Tsang, M. Humayun; Modeling of ERG Electrode Current Stimulation. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010;51(13):1076.

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Abstract

Purpose: : Electroretinogram (ERG) recordings provide information on the health of the eye. Inversely, current can be sent via the electrode to the retina to elicit a percept of phosphenes. The potential distribution and activating function maps of the electrodes used to stimulate phosphene perception were modeled and compared to perceptual results in both sighted and retinal degenerate (RD) subjects.

Methods: : The DTL-Plus electrode (DTL) was compared to the ERG-jet electrode (Jet) by 3-D admittance modeling techniques. The modeled electric potential and activating function on the entire retinal surface were achieved by projecting the potentials in the retina onto a rectangular surface using a spherical to cylindrical transformation. Standard ERG techniques were used OD. Excitation thresholds were titrated and a stimulation current of 1.5x >threshold was used. 5 normal subjects were stimulated by DTL and ERG using a 2 hz alternating monophasic constant current for 30 min. with a 30 sec. break every 5 min. 5 RD subjects, >10 yrs of NLP visual acuity, were stimulated using Jet electrodes. Phosphene patterns were depicted by normal subjects on paper and RD subjects in clay.

Results: : All subjects perceived electrically generated phosphenes. Average thresholds for normal subjects were <1 mA for both the DTL (0.59±0.23 mA) and the Jet (0.72±0.18 mA). The average thresholds for RD subjects using Jet electrodes were (3.08±2.01 mA). The difference in threshold was statistically significant (p<0.05). Highest potential and activating function values for the DTL are concentrated on the inferior nasal retina OD which corresponds to an excitation of the upper right periphery of the visual field. The activating function map for the Jet revealed a nasal hemiretinal stimulation pattern resulting in a more extensive right peripheral phosphene. The actual stimulation phosphene locations reported by the subjects corresponded to current models.

Conclusions: : Electrical stimulation using standard ERG electrodes activates peripheral retina, requires more current in degenerate vs. normal retina, and can be accurately modeled using numerical techniques.

Keywords: electroretinography: clinical 
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