High-resolution eye tracking using scanning laser ophthalmoscopy

Norick R. Bowers, Martin S. Banks, Austin Roorda, Agostino Gibaldi, Emma Alexander

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

Abstract

Current eye-tracking techniques rely primarily on video-based tracking of components of the anterior surfaces of the eye. However, these trackers have several limitations. Their limited resolution precludes study of small fixational eye motion. Furthermore, many of these trackers rely on calibration procedures that do not offer a way to validate their eye motion traces. By comparison, retinal-image-based trackers can track the motion of the retinal image directly, at frequencies greater than 1kHz and with subarcminute accuracy. The retinal image provides a way to validate the eye position at any point in time, offering an unambiguous record of eye motion as a reference for the eye trace. The benefits of using scanning retinal imaging systems as eye trackers, however, comes at the price of different problems that are not present in video-based systems, and need to be solved to obtain robust eye traces. The current abstract provides an overview of retinal-image-based eye tracking methods, provides preliminary eye-tracking results from a tracking scanning-laser ophthalmoscope (TSLO), and proposes a new binocular line-scanning eye-tracking system.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - ETRA 2019
Subtitle of host publication2019 ACM Symposium On Eye Tracking Research and Applications
EditorsStephen N. Spencer
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9781450367097
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 25 2019
Event11th ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, ETRA 2019 - Denver, United States
Duration: Jun 25 2019Jun 28 2019

Publication series

NameEye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium (ETRA)

Conference

Conference11th ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, ETRA 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver
Period6/25/196/28/19

Keywords

  • Binocular Eye Tracking
  • Fixa-tional Eye Motion
  • Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Ophthalmology
  • Sensory Systems

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