3. Challenges of visual prostheses
3.1 Pixels versus resolution
The density of photoreceptors determines the visual acuity of our vision. In the fovea, the zone of best visual acuity, the cones are all juxtaposed with an individual diameter close to 2.5 μm (figure 7 ).
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