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Eye tracking with the adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope

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Recent advances in high magnification retinal imaging have allowed for visualization of individual retinal photoreceptors, but these systems also suffer from distortions due to fixational eye motion. Algorithms developed to remove these distortions have the added benefit of providing arc second level resolution of the eye movements that produce them. The system also allows for visualization of targets on the retina, allowing for absolute retinal position measures to the level of individual cones. This paper will describe the process used to remove the eye movement artifacts and present analysis of their spectral characteristics. We find a roughly 1/f amplitude spectrum similar to that reported by Findlay (1971) with no evidence for a distinct tremor component.

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      ETRA '10: Proceedings of the 2010 Symposium on Eye-Tracking Research & Applications
      March 2010
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      2. ocular tremor
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