Applications of low-cost eye tracking in telemedicine

A low-cost, high-resolution system for measuring eye position information a nd eye movement has been developed. The Vision Control System (VCS) equipme nt can be worn as a lightweight headset. The ability to operate equipment v ia eye movement empowers individuals by keeping hands free to perform other tasks. Potential applications of the VCS equipment include its use in surg ical training as an on-screen pointing device to highlight areas of interes t, use by paramedics to relay information at the scene of an accident, use to examine a radiologist's visual scanning technique in reading films, and use in ophthalmology to monitor eye behaviour.