pulse2percept.implants.imie

IMIE

Classes

IMIE([x, y, z, rot, eye, stim, preprocess, ...])

The 256-channel epiretinal prosthesis system (IMIE 256)

class pulse2percept.implants.imie.IMIE(x=0, y=0, z=0, rot=0, eye='RE', stim=None, preprocess=True, safe_mode=False)[source]

The 256-channel epiretinal prosthesis system (IMIE 256)

This class implements a 256-channel Intelligent Micro Implant Eye epiretinal prosthesis system (IMIE 256) [Xu2021]. It was co-developed by Golden Eye Bionic, LLC (Pasadena CA) and IntelliMicro Medical Co., Ltd. (Changsha, Hunan Province, China) and is manufactured by IntelliMicro.

IMIE contains 248 large electrodes (210 µm in diameter) and 8 smaller electrodes (160 µm in diameter) arranged in a 4.75mm×6.50mm area.

The array is oriented upright in the visual field, such that an array with center (0,0) has the top three rows lie in the lower retina (upper visual field):

Parameters:

x/y/z (double) – 3D location of the center of the electrode array. The coordinate system is centered over the fovea. Positive x values move the electrode into the nasal retina. Positive y values move the electrode into the superior retina. Positive z values move the electrode away from the retina into the vitreous humor (sometimes called electrode-retina distance). z can either be a list with 35 entries or a scalar that is applied to all electrodes.
rot (float) – Rotation angle of the array (deg). Positive values denote counter-clock-wise (CCW) rotations in the retinal coordinate system.
eye ({'RE', 'LE'}, optional) – Eye in which array is implanted.
preprocess (bool or callable, optional) – Either True/False to indicate whether to execute the implant’s default preprocessing method whenever a new stimulus is assigned, or a custom function (callable).
safe_mode (bool, optional) – If safe mode is enabled, only charge-balanced stimuli are allowed.

property earray: Electrode array

property eye

Implanted eye

A ProsthesisSystem can be implanted either in a left eye (‘LE’) or right eye (‘RE’). Models such as AxonMapModel will treat left and right eyes differently (for example, adjusting the location of the optic disc).

Examples

Implant Argus II in a left eye:

>>> from pulse2percept.implants import ArgusII
>>> implant = ArgusII(eye='LE')

property stim

Stimulus

A stimulus can be created from many source types, such as scalars, NumPy arrays, and dictionaries (see Stimulus for a complete list).

A stimulus can be assigned either in the ProsthesisSystem constructor or later by assigning a value to stim.

Note

Unless when using dictionary notation, the number of stimuli must equal the number of electrodes in earray.

Examples

Send a biphasic pulse (30uA, 0.45ms phase duration) to an implant made from a single DiskElectrode:

>>> from pulse2percept.implants import DiskElectrode, ProsthesisSystem
>>> from pulse2percept.stimuli import BiphasicPulse
>>> implant = ProsthesisSystem(DiskElectrode(0, 0, 0, 100))
>>> implant.stim = BiphasicPulse(30, 0.45)

Stimulate Electrode B7 in Argus II with 13 uA:

>>> from pulse2percept.implants import ArgusII
>>> implant = ArgusII(stim={'B7': 13})

check_stim(stim)[source]

Quality-check the stimulus

This method is executed every time a new value is assigned to stim.

If safe_mode is set to True, this function will only allow stimuli that are charge-balanced.

The user can define their own checks in implants that inherit from ProsthesisSystem.

Parameters:: stim (Stimulus source type) – A valid source type for the Stimulus object (e.g., scalar, NumPy array, pulse train).

property electrode_names: Return a list of all electrode names in the electrode array

property electrode_objects: Return a list of all electrode objects in the array

property electrodes

Return all electrode names and objects in the electrode array

Internally, electrodes are stored in an ordered dictionary. You can iterate over different electrodes in the array as follows:

for name, electrode in implant.electrodes.items():
    print(name, electrode)

You can access an individual electrode by indexing directly into the prosthesis system object, e.g. implant['A1'] or implant[0].

property n_electrodes

Number of electrodes in the array

This is equivalent to calling earray.n_electrodes.

plot(annotate=False, autoscale=True, ax=None, stim_cmap=False)[source]

Plot

Parameters:

annotate (bool, optional) – Whether to scale the axes view to the data
autoscale (bool, optional) – Whether to adjust the x,y limits of the plot to fit the implant
ax (matplotlib.axes._subplots.AxesSubplot, optional) – A Matplotlib axes object. If None, will either use the current axes (if exists) or create a new Axes object.
stim_cmap (bool, str, or matplotlib colormap, optional) – If not false, the fill color of the plotted electrodes will vary based on maximum stimulus amplitude on each electrode. The chosen colormap will be used if provided

Returns:

ax (matplotlib.axes.Axes) – Returns the axis object of the plot

preprocess_stim(stim)[source]

Preprocess the stimulus

This methods is executed every time a new value is assigned to stim.

No preprocessing is performed by default, but the user can define their own method in implants that inherit from return stim ProsthesisSystem.

A custom method must return a Stimulus object with the correct number of electrodes for the implant.

Parameters:: stim (Stimulus source type) – A valid source type for the Stimulus object (e.g., scalar, NumPy array, pulse train).
Returns:: stim_out (Stimulus object)