Motion tracking of iris features to detect small eye movements
The inability of current video-based eye trackers to reliably detect very small eye movements has led to confusion about the prevalence or even the existence of monocular microsaccades (small, rapid eye movements that occur in only one eye at a time). As current methods often rely on precisely local...
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author | Chaudhary, Aayush K. Pelz, Jeff B. |
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description | The inability of current video-based eye trackers to reliably detect very small eye movements has led to confusion about the prevalence or even the existence of monocular microsaccades (small, rapid eye movements that occur in only one eye at a time). As current methods often rely on precisely localizing the pupil and/or corneal reflection on successive frames, current microsaccade-detection algorithms often suffer from signal artifacts and a low signal-to-noise ratio. We describe a new video-based eye tracking methodology which can reliably detect small eye movements over 0.2 degrees (12 arcmins) with very high confidence. Our method tracks the motion of iris features to estimate velocity rather than position, yielding a better record of microsaccades. We provide a more robust, detailed record of miniature eye movements by relying on more stable, higher-order features (such as local features of iris texture) instead of lower-order features (such as pupil center and corneal reflection), which are sensitive to noise and drift. |
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spelling | pubmed-79626752021-04-06 Motion tracking of iris features to detect small eye movements Chaudhary, Aayush K. Pelz, Jeff B. J Eye Mov Res Research Article The inability of current video-based eye trackers to reliably detect very small eye movements has led to confusion about the prevalence or even the existence of monocular microsaccades (small, rapid eye movements that occur in only one eye at a time). As current methods often rely on precisely localizing the pupil and/or corneal reflection on successive frames, current microsaccade-detection algorithms often suffer from signal artifacts and a low signal-to-noise ratio. We describe a new video-based eye tracking methodology which can reliably detect small eye movements over 0.2 degrees (12 arcmins) with very high confidence. Our method tracks the motion of iris features to estimate velocity rather than position, yielding a better record of microsaccades. We provide a more robust, detailed record of miniature eye movements by relying on more stable, higher-order features (such as local features of iris texture) instead of lower-order features (such as pupil center and corneal reflection), which are sensitive to noise and drift. Bern Open Publishing 2019-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7962675/ /pubmed/33828748 http://dx.doi.org/10.16910/jemr.12.6.4 Text en This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Chaudhary, Aayush K. Pelz, Jeff B. Motion tracking of iris features to detect small eye movements |
title | Motion tracking of iris features to detect
small eye movements |
title_full | Motion tracking of iris features to detect
small eye movements |
title_fullStr | Motion tracking of iris features to detect
small eye movements |
title_full_unstemmed | Motion tracking of iris features to detect
small eye movements |
title_short | Motion tracking of iris features to detect
small eye movements |
title_sort | motion tracking of iris features to detect
small eye movements |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7962675/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33828748 http://dx.doi.org/10.16910/jemr.12.6.4 |
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