Spline interpolation to evaluate foveation parameters in congenital nystagmus recordings

Mario Cesarelli, Paolo Bifulco, Maria Romano, Antonio Fratini, Giovanni d'Addio, Fabrizio Clemente

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Abstract

Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome, or Congenital Nystagmus, is an ocular-motor disorder characterized by involuntary, conjugated and bilateral to and fro ocular oscillations. Good visual acuity in congenital nystagmus can be achieved during the foveation periods in which eye velocity slows down while the target image crosses the fovea. Visual acuity was found to be mainly dependent on the duration of the foveation periods. In this work a new approach is proposed for estimation of foveation parameters: a cubic spline interpolation of the nystagmus recording before localizing the start point of foveation window and to estimate its duration. The performances of the proposed algorithm were assessed in comparison with a previously developed algorithm, used here as gold standard. The obtained results suggest that the spline interpolation could be a useful tool to filter the eye movement recordings before applying an algorithm to estimate the foveation window parameters.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe 4th IEEE International Conference on E-Health and Bioengineering, EHB 2013
PublisherIEEE
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4799-2373-1
ISBN (Print)978-1-4799-2372-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event4th IEEE international conference on E-Health and Bioengineering - Iaşi, Romania
Duration: 21 Nov 201323 Nov 2013

Conference

Conference4th IEEE international conference on E-Health and Bioengineering
Abbreviated titleEHB 2013
Country/TerritoryRomania
CityIaşi
Period21/11/1323/11/13

Keywords

  • biomedical signal processing
  • congenital nystagmus (CN)
  • eye movement analysis
  • foveation
  • spline

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