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RE: Manuscript write-up discussion

Gemma Arblaster — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:57:01 +0000

Dear all in the survey working group - please note the results document has been shared with you via email. Please add comments to this - deadline 21st April 2026.

Many thanks,

Gemma

RE: Manuscript write-up discussion

Gemma Arblaster — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:55:59 +0000

Survey working group meeting - notes and summary of actions

Tuesday 7th April 2026

Online (google meet) recorded.

Present:

Gemma Arblaster

Matt Dunn

Fiona Mulvey

Siyuan Chen

Amanda Douglass

Daniel Goldstone

Review of previous actions from 24/2/26

Section / topic	Action	Status
Results	GA to double check consent and numbers who haven’t agreed to all statements.	Complete
	FM to share coding and SC to check coding, once coding is complete (MD/DG/FM)	Complete
	Graphing and analysing the data (FM/MD/DG/SC)	Complete - for discussion at this meeting
Recording	GA to send recording to SC / MD for upload to ISCET website	Complete

Notes from today’s meeting:

Working group and authorship framework - from the nystagmus subcommittee. Agreement to suggest these to the survey subgroup and to take these to ISCET.

Discussion about results. Review of Start here ISCET data document.

Actions from today’s meeting:

Authorship - GA to circulate these to survey working group for consideration.

Group to review and comment on Figures:
1. MD and FM will work on comments from working group present at meeting and produce a next version of the Figures
2. Are there are any Figures that we can remove / omit?
3. Are there any additional Figures needed?
4. Should we display the ‘no response’ or ‘unknown’ data on the Figures? Or is this better within text?
5. Figure 14: this is quite a difficult Figure currently, as the data is quite heterogeneous. Should this be separated into eye movements and conditions?
6. To give a 2 week deadline for comments on the Figures.

GA to send meeting recording to SC / MD for upload to ISCET website.

RE: ISCET General Membership & Ethics Framework – Draft for Review

Matt J Dunn — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:48:19 +0000

Thanks for this Rasha, and my apologies for the delay in responding.

This is a very complete-looking set of policies, and in my opinion is close to the sort of thing that ISCET could adopt. I have provided some suggestions for changes, for your attention and that of anyone else who would like to comment at this stage.

Of course, decisions are always made by the wider group, so let's bring this to the next meeting (there is a lot on the agenda so it would be worthwhile arranging this now). We can circulate the draft along with the meeting invite, so that people have a chance to review ahead of the meeting.

ISCET General Membership & Ethics Framework – Draft for Review

Dr. Rasha S. Moustafa — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:00:42 +0000

Dear colleagues,

As discussed in previous meetings, I have prepared a consolidated draft covering ISCET’s proposed General Membership framework together with the associated Ethics & Compliance documents.

This draft is shared for structured review and feedback at this stage. The aim is to formalize ISCET’s membership and governance framework in a clear, transparent, and sustainable manner as the society continues to develop.

I welcome your comments and suggestions. If no substantial revisions are raised, the documents will proceed to website publication and the launch of the formal (non-paid) membership application process.

The draft is available at the link below.
Please share all comments directly in this forum thread to ensure structured discussion.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16b1jUavNyAJHwgrEtjDIkAaFISf7gnN0BpIU8i0PR6w/edit?usp=sharing

Kind regards,
Rasha S. Moustafa

RE: General update

Matt J Dunn — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:13:32 +0000

Dear ISCET members and colleagues,

It has been 18 months since the last general update, and as we end 2025 with clinical guideline development now underway, this seems a good time to update on ISCET’s progress. The Society was formed to establish consensus on standardised clinical eye tracking protocols, to provide a unified voice for clinicians using the technology, and to enable data sharing to build normative/reference datasets. All of this should make it easier for new clinicians to enter the field and ultimately benefit patients. ISCET remains open to anyone with an interest in clinical uses of eye trackers, with all decisions being made through participation in our mailing list, forum and meetings.

In collaboration with ISCEV, ISCET is currently focused on defining protocols involved in the assessment of nystagmus. A dedicated working group has been established, with 27 contributors drawn from a wide range of clinical, technical and geographical backgrounds. While this is a relatively large group, the scale is intentional as its remit extends beyond nystagmus itself. In parallel with drafting guidelines, the group is working to define their scope and test decision-making processes that will underpin future ISCET guidelines. This includes deciding how guidelines will relate to one another. The group is provisionally adopting an ’eye movement systems’ approach, with the aim to define core guidelines for testing systems such as fixation, pursuit, saccades etc, which can be applied across a range of clinical conditions, which remains open to refinement as the guidelines development.

The progress to date reflects strong volunteer engagement and international collaboration across regions and clinical disciplines. It also marks a transition from organisational establishment to substantive standards development, which will directly support clinical practice. In recognition of this shift, the current Organising Committee, who have dedicated their time since ISCET’s inception, has agreed that all committee roles will be open to formal nomination once the first ISCET guideline has been published. Details on the nomination process and timeline will be shared with the membership as we approach publication of the first guideline.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed time and expertise through meetings, working groups and informal discussions; your participation continues to shape ISCET’s impact.

All the best,

Matt

RE: Manuscript write-up discussion

Gemma Arblaster — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:46:39 +0000

Dear all survey working group members,

Please find a summary of our meeting actions below. I will circulate via email also.

Best wishes,

Gemma

Survey working group meeting - notes and summary of actions

Tuesday 19th Nov 2025

Online (google meet) recorded.

Present:

Gemma Arblaster, Rasha Moustafa, Matt Dunn, Fiona Mulvey, Onyeka Amiebenomo, Daniel Goldstone, Fred Shic

The survey working group (only) should have access to the following draft documents:

Draft manuscript

Results document

Survey distributed - for reference

Actions:

Introduction

1. Introduction has been drafted - critical comments from the working group invited
2. Research questions have been drafted by FM, to be reviewed and finalised by GA considering previous extensive discussions, then checked by OA.
3. Working group to add any critical comments on these research questions before the next meeting.
4. GA to review survey content to ensure the research questions would be answered by the survey responses, then cross checked by OA

Results

5. MD, FM, DG to work on categorisation of responses and analysis of the results

6. MD, FM, DG to look at whether there are sufficient free text responses to analyse, collate, possibly display graphically (wordcloud), or use example quotes to illustrate ‘themes’ or points. Agreed steps:

6a. DG to give data ‘first pass’
6b. DG with FM to come up with list of variables
6c. MD to code the data using these variables
6d. FM and DG to then check (and cross check) coding is correct - any discrepancies would be discussed and resolved

7. Then we would draft the results section - possibly using the research questions as subheadings. So agreed to wait until working group has commented on these (point 3 above) prior to structuring results.

Communication with working group:

8. Summary of research questions to be added by GA to ISCET forum (survey subcommittee)
9. Recording of meeting to be sent to Siyuan Chen to be uploaded to ISCET website
10. Continue using google docs for now - but then will generate word doc or LaTex document (possibly using overleaf) for the final version. Acknowledged frustration with google docs for some, but preference to keep everything together for now.
11. Reminder for the working group to leave comments on google docs with identifying name or to be signed in to google when commenting.
12. Action for wider ISCET group (possibly later) to discuss file format for future - RM to add this to wider ISCET agenda

Date of next meeting:

13. Proposed = Tuesday 13th January 9.30-10.30am UK time. Online via google meet.

RE: Fixation guidance versus nystagmus guidance: a layered approach to ISCET guidelines?

Art_Cideciyan — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:32:00 +0000

Maybe fixation could be an Appendix, and the main Guideline text can be on eye movement recordings in nystagmus however it is manifested with or without fixation.

Fixation guidance versus nystagmus guidance: a layered approach to ISCET guidelines?

Matt J Dunn — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:58:17 +0000

Since the second meeting of the nystagmus subcommittee I have been considering how best to reconcile the need for a 'fixation' protocol which stands alone from nystagmus while at the same time providing clear guidance for assessing nystagmus.

On the one hand, a 'fixation' protocol needs to be agnostic to the clinical condition (so that it can be used in contexts beyond nystagmus). On the other hand, if we only produce a basic fixation protocol with no guidance on how to apply it in nystagmus, then we aren't really any closer to clinical standardisation (the point of ISCET guidelines is to ensure patients receive a similar standard of care across clinics).

I would therefore like to propose a 'layered' approach, with the nystagmus subcommittee producing two distinct outputs:

A 'core' fixation protocol, which does not mention nystagmus, and is generally applicable across a range of clinical contexts. This core protocol could then be reused in other conditions, as necessary.
Nystagmus-specific guidance, which specifies the particular viewing conditions / gaze angles etc over which to apply the fixation protocol. If the group deem it necessary, then other 'core' protocols (e.g. OKN/saccades etc) could also be referenced in this layer.

With this approach we would end up with a set of 'core' protocols for each eye movement system (fixation, OKN, saccades, etc), and then a 'higher level' set of disease-specific protocols (nystagmus, Huntington's disease, PSP, etc) which refer to the core protocols.

Would be interested to hear others thoughts on this approach, and I would love to hear suggestions for alternatives or refinements to this. And, so far as is appropriate, we should probably try to replicate the structure of ISCEV protocols, so their guidance will be especially helpful.

RE: Manuscript write-up discussion

Gemma Arblaster — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:11:52 +0000

Dear all in the survey subcommittee,

The recording of the latest survey meeting should be on the ISCET website now. Please do continue to work on the survey manuscript draft.

The research questions that have been created are as follows:

1. How are eye trackers used clinically?

- Who (or which specialisation) performs the eye tracking, data analysis and interpretation?
- How frequently is eye tracking performed?
- Which systems are used?
- Which measures or data are used, and by whom?
- How is data processed, analysed and interpreted?
- Are there imitations to, barriers or concerns about eye tracking at present?

2. What guidelines, if any, are used for eye tracking clinically?

- Where they exist, is there a desire or need to change existing guidelines?
- Where they don’t exist, is there a desire or need to develop guidelines?

If you have any comments about these - or are able to contribute to the current draft, please do so.

Our next meeting will be sent via google calendar.

Thank you.

Best wishes,

Gemma

ECEM and ETRA 2026

Matt J Dunn — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:02:42 +0000

Hi all,

Rasha has asked me to point out that both ECEM and ETRA are currently seeking abstracts for symposia. If anybody is planning to attend either of these and might be interested in facilitating a presence for ISCET, please let us know. Rasha will keep an eye on this forum post for responses.

–Matt