Experts vs. novices: Applying eye-tracking methodologies in colonoscopy video screening for polyp search

Jorge Bernal, F. Javier Sánchez, Fernando Vilariño, Mirko Arnold, Anarta Ghosh, Gerard Lacey

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Abstract

We present in this paper a novel study aiming at identifying the differences in visual search patterns between physicians of diverse levels of expertise during the screening of colonoscopy videos. Physicians were clustered into two groups -experts and novices- according to the number of procedures performed, and fixations were captured by an eye-tracker device during the task of polyp search in different video sequences. These fixations were integrated into heat maps, one for each cluster. The obtained maps were validated over a ground truth consisting of a mask of the polyp, and the comparison between experts and novices was performed by using metrics such as reaction time, dwelling time and energy concentration ratio. Experimental results show a statistically significant difference between experts and novices, and the obtained maps show to be a useful tool for the characterisation of the behaviour of each group.

Original languageEnglish
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Publication series

NameEye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium (ETRA)

Keywords

  • Colonoscopy
  • Experts
  • Eye-tracking
  • Medical Imaging
  • Novices
  • Polyp
  • Saliency

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