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Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology and Vision Science
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Eye movement analysis relies on fixation-identification algorithms.
  • Dispersion-based algorithms are common but face optimization challenges.
  • Two optimization modes exist: start-point and centroid.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare and evaluate the start-point and centroid modes of dispersion-based fixation identification algorithms.
  • To determine which mode offers superior performance in fixation detection.

Main Methods:

  • Manual inspection of 1,400 fixations for each algorithm mode.
  • Utilized odds ratios to quantify the likelihood of valid fixation identification.

Main Results:

  • The centroid mode identified valid fixations 2.86 times more likely than the start-point mode.
  • Dispersion-based algorithms using the centroid mode demonstrated good interpretation speed, accuracy, and robustness.

Conclusions:

  • The centroid mode is a more effective and reliable method for dispersion-based fixation identification.
  • Centroid mode algorithms offer practical advantages including ease of implementation and suitable parameter settings.