Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Akademicka 16, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Akademicka 16, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
Comput Med Imaging Graph. 2018 Apr;65:176-190. doi: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2017.04.006. Epub 2017 May 30.
The performance and quality of medical procedures and treatments are inextricably linked to technological development. The application of more advanced techniques provides the opportunity to gain wider knowledge and deeper understanding of the human body and mind functioning. The eye tracking methods used to register eye movement to find the direction and targets of a person's gaze are well in line with the nature of the topic. By providing methods for capturing and processing images of the eye it has become possible not only to reveal abnormalities in eye functioning but also to conduct cognitive studies focused on learning about peoples' emotions and intentions. The usefulness of the application of eye tracking technology in medicine was proved in many research studies. The aim of this paper is to give an insight into those studies and the way they utilize eye imaging in medical applications. These studies were differentiated taking their purpose and experimental paradigms into account. Additionally, methods for eye movement visualization and metrics for its quantifying were presented. Apart from presenting the state of the art, the aim of the paper was also to point out possible applications of eye tracking in medicine that have not been exhaustively investigated yet, and are going to be a perspective long-term direction of research.
医疗程序和治疗的性能和质量与技术发展密不可分。更先进技术的应用为我们提供了更广泛的知识和对身心功能更深入的理解。用于记录眼球运动以找到一个人注视方向和目标的眼动追踪方法非常符合本主题的性质。通过提供捕获和处理眼部图像的方法，不仅可以揭示眼部功能的异常，还可以进行认知研究，以了解人们的情绪和意图。眼动追踪技术在医学中的应用在许多研究中得到了证明。本文的目的是深入了解这些研究以及它们在医学应用中利用眼部成像的方式。这些研究是根据其目的和实验范例进行区分的。此外，还介绍了眼球运动可视化的方法及其量化的指标。除了介绍最新技术外，本文的目的还在于指出眼动追踪在医学中的可能应用，这些应用尚未得到充分研究，将是一个长期的研究方向。
