Patients with subretinal light sensitive implants, however, perceive the shapes of objects naturally from the first day of implantation onwards without reorganisation of the spatial assignments of electrodes by an image processor and without scanning movements of the head.
Efforts are under way in the U.S. to curb overuse of CT scanning in children, including the Image Gently initiative, launched in August 2009 and spearheaded by a coalition of health-care organizations dedicated to changing medical practice.