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The maximum velocity of saccades is widely used in the clinical assessment of topographical diagnoses. Several methodological factors affect the maximum velocity results. The sampling frequency, the resolution of the analog-digital converter, and filtering of the signal are the most important factors. The sampling frequency should preferabel be higher than 300 Hz. Frequencies below 200 Hz severily deform the velocity profile. The resolution of the analog-digital converter should be 10 bits or more. A theoretical model was constructed for maximum velocity computation. A case study of electro-oculographic and photoelectric recordings confirmed the theoretical model.
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Juhola, M., Jäntti, V. & Pyykkö, I. Effect of sampling frequencies on computation of the maximum velocity of saccadic eye movements. Biol. Cybern. 53, 67–72 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00337023
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