Learning Objectives:

1.      Participants will be able to explain how eye tracking is done

2.      Participants will be able to describe 3 medical/research applications utilizing eye tracking

Short Description:

Eye tracking technology has been commercially available in eye-operated speech-generating devices for people with disabilities for 25 years. Those Eyegaze systems provide people “locked-in” by ALS, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries, brainstem strokes, traumatic brain injuries and CP with a way to communicate and control their environment.   Now, utilizing that same eye-control as a human-computer interface is expanding into a variety of areas including gaming.  And using eye tracking – monitoring where someone is looking – is being used in areas like university and market research.   This powerful technology has a long list of potential applications, along with some physiologically-based limitations in its use.   Topics in this session will include an overview of current eye tracking methods, how to pre-screen a subject for potential eyegaze/eye tracking use, and a review of current and future eye tracking application in health care.  Case studies of Eyegaze users with disabilities will be briefly presented. Questions are encouraged.

See N. Cleveland’s Presentation – Eye Tracking Technology:  How Does it Work?  What is its Future in 21st Century Health Care?