A data acquisition and analysis program for visual tracking and vestibular research

Author

Crosier, William G. ; Duncan, Kathleen M.

Author_Institution

KRUG Int., Houston, TX, USA

fYear

1989

Firstpage

646

Abstract

A Macintosh program that has been developed to perform data acquisition and analysis of eye movements and related signals during vestibular testing is discussed. The program is designed for studies of visual tracking and vestibulo-ocular reflex function. The software controls digitization of test data, with interactive calibration and calculation of eye and head velocities from sampled position data. A selection of digital filters and plot scale factors is provided. Saccades, blinks, and artifacts can be removed easily during the interactive data reduction process. Comparison of eye and head movements is performed using nonlinear least squares curve fitting of the reduced data

Keywords

biological techniques and instruments; biology computing; data acquisition; eye; mechanoception; vision; Macintosh program; analysis program; artifacts; blinks; data acquisition; digital filters; eye movements; head movements; nonlinear least squares curve fitting; plot scale factors; saccades; software; test data digitisation; vestibular research; vestibulo-ocular reflex function; visual tracking; Calibration; Data acquisition; Data analysis; Digital filters; Least squares methods; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Signal analysis; Software testing; Velocity control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1989.95914

Filename

95914