A Comparison of Two Fitting Functions for Sacadic Pulse Component Mathematical Modelling

Rodolfo García-Bermúdez, Camilo Velázquez, Fernando Rojas, Roberto Becerra, Michel Velazquez, Liliana López, Luis Velázquez

2014

Abstract

An accepted model for the saccade signal of ocular motor neurons comprises two components in the form of a pulse and a step. In this contribution, an assessment of two fitting functions for the saccadic pulse component is made, in order to obtain a reduced set of descriptors that could be used for the early diagnosis of ataxia. Results show that both models have achieved to describe the waveform of the saccadic pulse signal, revealing higher performance of Gauss series over the gamma function.

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García-Bermúdez R., Velázquez C., Rojas F., Becerra R., Velazquez M., López L. and Velázquez L. (2014). A Comparison of Two Fitting Functions for Sacadic Pulse Component Mathematical Modelling . In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks and Intelligent Information Processing - Volume 1: ANNIIP, (ICINCO 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-041-3, pages 88-94. DOI: 10.5220/0005136800880094


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@conference{anniip14,
author={Rodolfo García-Bermúdez and Camilo Velázquez and Fernando Rojas and Roberto Becerra and Michel Velazquez and Liliana López and Luis Velázquez},
title={A Comparison of Two Fitting Functions for Sacadic Pulse Component Mathematical Modelling},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks and Intelligent Information Processing - Volume 1: ANNIIP, (ICINCO 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={88-94},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005136800880094},
isbn={978-989-758-041-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks and Intelligent Information Processing - Volume 1: ANNIIP, (ICINCO 2014)
TI - A Comparison of Two Fitting Functions for Sacadic Pulse Component Mathematical Modelling
SN - 978-989-758-041-3
AU - García-Bermúdez R.
AU - Velázquez C.
AU - Rojas F.
AU - Becerra R.
AU - Velazquez M.
AU - López L.
AU - Velázquez L.
PY - 2014
SP - 88
EP - 94
DO - 10.5220/0005136800880094