A signal analysis method for impulse-like eye movements.

M Juhola; H Aalto; T Hirvonen

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A signal analysis method for impulse-like eye movements.

M Juhola·H Aalto·T Hirvonen

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Eye movement investigations are performed in several fields of medicine. We have developed signal analysis methods of eye movements studied in otoneurology for several years. Previously, we have designed methods for eye movement types of saccades, nystagmus, smooth pursuit, and vestibulo-ocular reflex. In this paper we extend and develop further our method to concern also impulse-like eye movements, i.e. a new type of eye movement tests for investigations of vertiginous patients. According to our preliminary results the use of our method is efficient to differentiate patients with inner ear diseases from normals.

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M Juhola, H Aalto, T Hirvonen. 1999. A signal analysis method for impulse-like eye movements.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10724907/

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