Biomedical Engineering Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations for the Biomedical Engineering department.

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Description:: Electrical retinal prosthetics have been the primary strategy for restoring vision in individuals with blindness, relying on electrical stimulation from implanted electrodes. In this work, …
Year:: 2025
Contributor:: AlGhosain, Hafithe M (creator); Lee, Jonghwan (Advisor); Darling, Eric (Reader); Coulombe, Kareen (Reader); Liu, Tao (Reader); Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Retinal ganglion cells; Nanomedicine; Toxicology; plasmonic retinal prosthetic; gold nanorods; Retinal prostheses; Vision restoration; Nanoengineering; systemic toxicity; intravitreal injection
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Abstract of (Effective Gold Nanoparticle Delivery to the Retina for Plasmonic Retinal Prosthetics), by (Hafithe Mohammed AlGhosain), Degree [ScM.], Brown University, May (2019). Retinitis pigmentosa …
Year:: 2019
Contributor:: AlGhosain, Hafithe M (creator); Dawson, Michelle (Reader); Gray, Marissa (Reader); Lee, Jonghwan (Advisor); Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Retinal ganglion cells; AuNRs; Retinitis pigmentosa; Retinitis pigmentosa--Research; neural sitmulation; retinal prosthetics; Thy 1.2; near infrared neuronal stimulation; Inner limiting membrane; sub-ILM injection; retinal delivery; nanoinjector; plasmonic retinal prosthetic; retinal stimulation
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Description:: Currently, electrode-based retinal implants are severely limited in the restoration of vision loss. These implants are highly-invasive, limited in resolution, and degrade in utility overtime. …
Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Reddi, Anoop (creator); Lee, Jonghwan (Advisor); Borton, Dave (Reader); Mathiowitz, Edith (Reader); Morgan, Jeffrey (Reader); Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: plasmonic retinal prosthetic
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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