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Eye tracker X,Y dva drift

Posted by IVanegas 
Eye tracker X,Y dva drift
April 11, 2023 04:28PM
Hi Jaewon.
I need your help with the following. Today, I noticed that there is a drift in the X,Y, signal acquired from the eye tracker. Please take a look at the attachments.
1-Saccades detected during the task, starting at fixation point (0,0)
2-X and Y traces over time for the same session

Please let me know your advice, how may I correct for the drift?
It is strange that this is not reflected on the MonkeyLogic interface, since the fixation window that I have established in my codes is 2dva diameter and the task was correctly performed throughout this session.
This drift is more than 5 dva on each X, and Y.

Thank you very much for your help. I will appreciate any ideas on how to fix this issue.
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Re: Eye tracker X,Y dva drift
April 11, 2023 05:14PM
It looks like a grounding problem. From what you said, I guess you plotted the signals recorded by your signal processing system, didn't you?

I do not think there is much I can help as long as you use the voltage input. In fact, NIMH ML has nothing to do with this problem, if your AI configuration is correct.
https://monkeylogic.nimh.nih.gov/docs_NIMultifunctionIODevice.html#AIGroundConfiguration

You might not see the effect of the drift, if you turned on [Auto drift correction]. Then, you can just use the eye signals saved in BHV2, since they are corrected against the drift already.
https://monkeylogic.nimh.nih.gov/docs_MainMenu.html#DriftCorrection

You can switch to TCP/IP, which is digital. I personally do not like voltage input because of this grounding problem and the resolution loss.
https://monkeylogic.nimh.nih.gov/docs_TCPIPEyeTracker.html
Re: Eye tracker X,Y dva drift
April 12, 2023 11:04PM
Hi Jaewon.
Thank you very much for your response. It is very helpful.
Yes, the plots are using the signal I recorded on the acquisition system (Neuralynx).

I will try the options you sent.
It is definitely a good idea to use the signal from the bhv2 files, I would have to figure out the way to process it and sync it with the spikes and LFPs timing...

Thank you.
Re: Eye tracker X,Y dva drift
April 13, 2023 11:20AM
If your task starts with central fixation, you can also slice Neuralynx signals into each trial, subtract the X and Y values at the time of fixation in each trial and put them back together.

You have the same timestamps in both Neuralynx and BHV2. Either way should be easy.
Re: Eye tracker X,Y dva drift
April 13, 2023 02:29PM
That's a great idea.
Yes, indeed our task requires to hold fixation throughout the trial, so I can definitely extract the fixation position at the start of each trial.
I will try both methods and will let you know how it goes.
Thank you very much again for your help!

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