By Dr David Tsai

Book Chapters

Guo T; Shivdasani MN; Tsai D; Ayton LN; Rathbun DL; Lovell NH, 2023, 'Visual Prostheses: Neuroengineering Handbook', in Handbook of Neuroengineering, Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 1023 - 1068, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5540-1_31

Guo T; Shivdasani MN; Tsai D; Ayton LN; Rathbun DL; Lovell NH, 2021, 'Visual Prostheses: Neuroengineering Handbook', in Handbook of Neuroengineering, Springer Singapore, pp. 1 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2848-4_31-2

Guo T; Tsai D; Bai S; Shivdasani M; Muralidharan M; Li L; Dokos S; Lovell N, 2020, 'Insights from Computational Modelling: Selective Stimulation of Retinal Ganglion Cells', in Brain and Human Body Modeling 2020, Springer Nature, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45623-8_13

Journal articles

Kim D; Bissannagari M; Kim B; Hong N; Park J; Lim H; Lee J; Lee J; Kim YK; Cho Y; Lee K; Lee J; Yoon J-H; Jang JE; Tsai D; Lee S; Kwon H-J; Choe HK; Kang H, 2025, 'Hexagonal metal complex based mechanically robust transparent ultrathin gold µECoG for electro-optical neural interfaces', npj Flexible Electronics, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41528-025-00403-w

Ly K; Italiano ML; Shivdasani MN; Tsai D; Zhang JY; Jiang C; Lovell NH; Dokos S; Guo T, 2025, 'Virtual human retina: Simulating neural signalling, degeneration, and responses to electrical stimulation', Brain Stimulation, 18, pp. 144 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2025.01.013

Muralidharan M; Guo T; Tsai D; Lee JI; Fried S; Dokos S; Morley JW; Lovell NH; Shivdasani MN, 2024, 'Neural activity of retinal ganglion cells under continuous, dynamically-modulated high frequency electrical stimulation', Journal of Neural Engineering, 21, pp. 015001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ad2404

Nguyen CC; Thai MT; Hoang TT; Davies J; Phan PT; Zhu K; Wu L; Brodie MA; Tsai D; Ha QP; Phan HP; Lovell NH; Nho Do T; Do TN, 2023, 'Development of a soft robotic catheter for vascular intervention surgery', Sensors and Actuators A Physical, 357, pp. 114380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2023.114380

Xie Y; Qin P; Guo T; Al Abed A; Lovell NH; Tsai D, 2023, 'Modulating individual axons and axonal populations in the peripheral nerve using transverse intrafascicular multichannel electrodes', Journal of Neural Engineering, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/aced20

Nguyen CC; Wong S; Thai MT; Hoang TT; Phan PT; Davies J; Wu L; Tsai D; Phan H; Lovell NH; Nho T; Do TN, 2023, 'Advanced User Interfaces for Teleoperated Surgical Robotic Systems', Advanced Sensor Research, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsr.202200036

Ly K; Guo T; Tsai D; Muralidharan M; Shivdasani MN; Lovell NH; Dokos S, 2022, 'Simulating the impact of photoreceptor loss and inner retinal network changes on electrical activity of the retina', Journal of Neural Engineering, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/aca221

Italiano ML; Guo T; Lovell NH; Tsai D, 2022, 'Improving the spatial resolution of artificial vision using midget retinal ganglion cell populations modeled at the human fovea', Journal of Neural Engineering, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ac72c2

Muralidharan M; Guo T; Shivdasani MN; Tsai D; Fried S; Li L; Dokos S; Morley JW; Lovell NH, 2020, 'Neural activity of functionally different retinal ganglion cells can be robustly modulated by high-rate electrical pulse trains', Journal of Neural Engineering, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ab9a97

Periyanagounder D; Wei TC; Li TY; Lin CH; Gonçalves TP; Fu HC; Tsai DS; Ke JJ; Kuo HW; Huang KW; Lu N; Fang X; He JH, 2020, 'Fast-Response, Highly Air-Stable, and Water-Resistant Organic Photodetectors Based on a Single-Crystal Pt Complex', Advanced Materials, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201904634

Periyanagounder D; Wei T; Li T; Lin C; Gonçalves TP; Fu H; Tsai D; Ke J; Kuo H; Huang K; Lu N; Fang X; He J, 2020, 'Organic Semiconductors: Fast‐Response, Highly Air‐Stable, and Water‐Resistant Organic Photodetectors Based on a Single‐Crystal Pt Complex (Adv. Mater. 2/2020)', Advanced Materials, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202070015

Office FP; Al Abed A; Guo T; Tsai D, 2019, 'Erratum: Mediating Retinal Ganglion Cell Spike Rates Using High-Frequency Electrical Stimulation', Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13, pp. 910, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00910

Guo T; Tsai D; Yang CY; Al Abed A; Twyford P; Fried SI; Morley JW; Suaning GJ; Dokos S; Lovell NH, 2019, 'Mediating retinal ganglion cell spike rates using high-frequency electrical stimulation', Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13, pp. 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00413

Tsai D; Sawyer D; Bradd A; Yuste R; Shepard KL, 2018, 'Addendum: A very large-scale microelectrode array for cellular-resolution electrophysiology', Nature Communications, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06969-6

Tsai D; Yuste R; Shepard KL, 2018, 'Correction: Statistically reconstructed multiplexing for very dense, high-channel-count acquisition systems (IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (2018) 8:1 (13-23))', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 12, pp. 1215 - 1216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBCAS.2018.2851843

Yang CY; Tsai D; Guo T; Dokos S; Suaning G; Morley JM; Lovell N; Morley J, 2018, 'Differential Electrical Responses in Retinal Ganglion Cell Subtypes: Effects of Synaptic Blockade and Stimulating Electrode Location', Journal of Neural Engineering, 15, pp. 046020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/aac315

Guo T; Yang CY; Tsai D; Muralidharan M; Suaning G; Morley J; Dokos S; Lovell N, 2018, 'Closed-Loop Efficient Searching of Optimal Electrical Stimulation Parameters for Preferential Excitation of Retinal Ganglion Cells', Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12, pp. 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00168

Tsai D; Morley JW; Suaning GJ; Lovell NH, 2017, 'Survey of electrically evoked responses in the retina-stimulus preferences and oscillation among neurons', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 13802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14357-1

Tsai D; Sawyer D; Bradd A; Yuste R; Shepard K, 2017, 'A very large-scale microelectrode array for cellular- resolution electrophysiology', Nature Communications, 8, pp. 1802 - 1802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02009-x

Tsai D; Yuste R; Shepard K, 2017, 'Statistically Reconstructed Multiplexing for Very Dense, High-Channel-Count Acquisition Systems', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 12, pp. 13 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBCAS.2017.2750484

Jayant K; Hirtz JJ; Plante IJL; Tsai DM; De Boer WDAM; Semonche A; Peterka DS; Owen JS; Sahin O; Shepard KL; Yuste R, 2017, 'Targeted intracellular voltage recordings from dendritic spines using quantum-dot-coated nanopipettes', Nature Nanotechnology, 12, pp. 335 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.268

Guo T; Tsai D; Morley JW; Suaning GJ; Kameneva T; Lovell NH; Dokos S, 2016, 'Electrical activity of on and off retinal ganglion cells: A modelling study', Journal of Neural Engineering, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2560/13/2/025005

Tsai D; Choi J; Aklimi E; Shi C; Krishnaswamy H; Shepard K, 2015, 'Matching the power, voltage, and size of biological systems: a nW–scale, 0.023–mm3 pulsed 33–GHz radio trans- mitter operating from a 5kT/q–supply voltage', IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 62, pp. 1950 - 1958, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2015.2426958

Guo T; Tsai D; Bai S; Morley JW; Suaning GJ; Lovell NH; Dokos S, 2014, 'Understanding the retina: A review of computational models of the retina from the single cell to the network level', Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, 42, pp. 419 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.2014011732

Matteucci PB; Chen SC; Tsai D; Dodds CWD; Dokos S; Morley JW; Lovell NH; Suaning GJ, 2013, 'Current steering in retinal stimulation via a quasimonopolar stimulation paradigm', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 54, pp. 4307 - 4320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.13-11653

Tsai D; Chen S; Protti DA; Morley JW; Suaning GJ; Lovell NH, 2012, 'Responses of Retinal Ganglion Cells to Extracellular Electrical Stimulation, from Single Cell to Population: Model-Based Analysis', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053357

Tsai D; Morley JW; Suaning GJ; Lovell NH, 2011, 'Frequency-dependent reduction of voltage-gated sodium current modulates retinal ganglion cell response rate to electrical stimulation', Journal of Neural Engineering, 8, pp. Article number: 066007, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2560/8/6/066007

Tsai D; Morley JW; Suaning GJ; Lovell NH, 2009, 'A wearable real-time image processor for a vision prosthesis', Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 95, pp. 258 - 269

Tsai D; Morley JW; Suaning GJ; Lovell NH, 2009, 'Direct activation and temporal response properties of rabbit retinal ganglion cells following subretinal stimulation', Journal of Neurophysiology, 102, pp. 2982 - 2993

Conference Papers

Italiano ML; Lee JI; Guo T; Tsai D; Fried SI; Lovell NH; Shivdasani MN, 2024, 'A Generic Technique to Remove a Variety of Electrical Stimulation Artifacts and Detect Stimulus-Embedded Neural Activity', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), United States, pp. 1 - 4, presented at 2024 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), United States, 15 July 2024 - 19 July 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC53108.2024.10781938

Wang R; Ly K; Li J; Italiano ML; Shivdasani MN; Tsai D; Zhang JY; Lovell NH; Dokos S; Guo T, 2024, 'Probing the Impact of Inner Retinal Network Changes on Subretinal Electrical Stimulation Responses', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), United States, pp. 1 - 4, presented at 2024 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), United States, 15 July 2024 - 19 July 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC53108.2024.10782307

Li J; Ly K; Wang R; Italiano ML; Shivdasani MN; Tsai D; Zhang JY; Lovell NH; Dokos S; Guo T; Ly K, 2024, 'Response of Human Retinal Networks to Electrical Stimulation using 3D Intra-retinal Microelectrodes', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), United States, pp. 1 - 4, presented at 2024 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), United States, 15 July 2024 - 19 July 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC53108.2024.10781729

Qin P; Lin Q; Xie Y; Chang YC; Zanos S; Wang H; Payne S; Shivdasani MN; Tsai D; Lovell NH; Dokos S; Guo T, 2023, 'Modulating functionally-distinct vagus nerve fibers using microelectrodes and kilohertz frequency electrical stimulation', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), AUSTRALIA, Sydney, pp. 1 - 4, presented at 2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), AUSTRALIA, Sydney, 24 July 2023 - 27 July 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340796

Ly K; Lovell NH; Muralidharan M; Italiano ML; Tsai D; Shivdasani MN; Guo T; Dokos S, 2023, 'The direct influence of retinal degeneration on electrical stimulation efficacy: Significant implications for retinal prostheses', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), AUSTRALIA, Sydney, pp. 1 - 4, presented at 2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), AUSTRALIA, Sydney, 24 July 2023 - 27 July 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340724

Woods A; Nguyen CC; Islam MSU; Lovell NH; Nho Do T; Tsai D, 2023, 'Towards a single-use, low-cost endoscope for gastroenterological diagnostics', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10341003

Italiano M; Guo T; Lovell N; Tsai D, 2021, 'Exploring the limits of artificial vision using a model of foveal retinal ganglion cells', in Proceedings of the Neural Interfaces and Artificial Senses, Fundació Scito, presented at Neural Interfaces and Artificial Senses, 22 September 2021 - 23 September 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.nias.2021.015

Sy L; Hoang TT; Bussu M; Thai MT; Phan PT; Low H; Brodie MA; Tsai D; Lovell N; Do TN, 2021, 'M-SAM: Miniature and Soft Artificial Muscle-Driven Wearable Robotic Fabric Sleeve for Upper Limb Augmentation', Yale, USA, presented at The 4th IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (Robosoft 2021), Yale, USA, 12 April 2021 - 16 March 2021

Lin Q; Shivdasani MN; Tsai D; Chang YC; Jayaprakash N; Zanos S; Lovell NH; Dokos S; Guo T, 2020, 'A Computational Model of Functionally-distinct Cervical Vagus Nerve Fibers', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, pp. 2475 - 2478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175855

Muralidharan M; Guo T; Shivdasani MN; Tsai D; Fried S; Cameron M; Morley JW; Dokos S; Lovell NH, 2020, 'Towards Controlling Functionally-Distinct Retinal Ganglion Cells in Degenerate Retina', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, pp. 3598 - 3601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176595

Guo T; Tsai ; Muralidharan ; Suaning ; Morley ; Dokos ; Lovell , 2018, 'Computational models and tools for developing sophisticated stimulation strategies for retinal neuroprostheses', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Honolulu, US, pp. 2248 - 2251, presented at Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2018 Annual International Conference of the IEEE., Honolulu, US, 18 July 2018 - 22 July 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512748

Guo T; Barriga-Rivera A; Suaning G; Tsai D; Morley J; Dokos S; Lovell N, 2017, 'Mimicking Natural Neural Encoding through Retinal Electrostimulation', Shanghai, presented at 2017 Annual International Conference of the IEEE on Neural Engineering, Shanghai, 25 May 2017 - 28 May 2017

Yang C; Tsai D; Guo T; Suaning G; Dokos S; Morley J; Lovell N, 2016, 'High Frequency Electrical Stimulation: the Effect of Spatial Location on Retinal Ganglion Cell Responses In vitro', in Proceedings of the 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Florida USA, presented at Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2016 Annual International Conference of the IEEE., Florida USA, 16 August 2016 - 20 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26617

Tsai D; John E; Chari T; Yuste R; Shepard K, 2015, 'High–channel–count, high–density microelectrode array for closed–loop investigation of neuronal networks,', in Proceedings of the 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Milan, Italy, pp. 7510 - 7513, presented at Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Milan, Italy, 25 August 2015 - 29 August 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7320129

Yang CY; Woolley AJ; Tsai D; Suaning GJ; Morley JW; Lovell NH, 2015, 'Calcium imaging of retinal ganglion cell dendritic responses to extracellular microelectrode stimulation', in International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering Ner, pp. 438 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NER.2015.7146653

Bai S; Guo T; Tsai D; Morley JW; Suaning GJ; Lovell NH; Dokos S, 2015, 'Influence of retinal ganglion cell morphology on neuronal response properties - A simulation study', in International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering Ner, pp. 679 - 682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NER.2015.7146714

Guo T; Lovell NH; Tsai D; Twyford P; Fried S; Morley JW; Suaning GJ; Dokos S, 2015, 'Optimizing retinal ganglion cell responses to high-frequency electrical stimulation strategies for preferential neuronal excitation', in International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering Ner, pp. 252 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NER.2015.7146607

Choi J; Aklimi E; Roseman J; Tsai D; Krishnaswamy H; Shepard KL, 2014, 'Matching the power density and potentials of biological systems: A 3.1-nW, 130-mV, 0.023-mm3 pulsed 33-GHz radio transmitter in 32-nm SOI CMOS', in Proceedings of the IEEE 2014 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference Cicc 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CICC.2014.6945985

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