OSCANN: Technical Characterization of a Novel Gaze Tracking Analyzer

Sensors (Basel). 2018 Feb 9;18(2):522. doi: 10.3390/s18020522.

Abstract

Eye-movement analysis has grown exponentially in recent decades. The reason is that abnormalities in oculomotor movements are usually symptoms of injuries in the nervous system. This paper presents a novel regulated solution named OSCANN. OSCANN aims at providing an innovative tool for the control, management and visualization of oculomotor neurological examinations. This solution utilizes an eye-tracker sensor based on video electro-oculography (VOG) technology to capture eye movements and store them in video files. Such a sensor can store images at a rate of 100 frames per second. A characterization study was performed using twenty-two volunteers (13 male, 9 female, ages 22-45 years, mean 29.3 years, SD = 6.7) to assess the accuracy and precision specifications of OSCANN during oculomotor movement analysis. The accuracy was evaluated based on the offset, whereas precision was estimated with Root Means Square (RMS). Such a study reported values lower than 0.4 ∘ and 0.03 ∘ of accuracy and precision, respectively. These results suggest that OSCANN can be considered as a powerful tool to measure oculomotor movement alterations involved in some neurological disease progression.

Keywords: clinical practice; early diagnosis; eye-tracker; medical sensor; neurodegenerative diseases; oculomotor movements; video electro-oculography.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Electrooculography
  • Female
  • Fixation, Ocular*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Movement
  • Video Recording
  • Young Adult