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Oculomics is an emergent field concerned with the study of systemic diseases by applying statistical modelling and AI to high-resolution imaging of the retina.
With its intimate connection with the brain via the optic nerve, evidence exists that the retina may contain biomarkers of neurodegenerative conditions like dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
As demographic ageing increases pressure on an already-overburdened health service, inexpensive and non-invasive options for the screening and management of such diseases could be extremely valuable.
This session will cover recent developments in applying AI to assess a person’s systemic health using different types of retinal imaging, and how we can use this to personalise traditional forms of risk assessment.
About the Speaker:
Dominic Williamson is a PhD student at UCL supervised by Professors Pearse Keane and Danny Alexander.
He has prior degrees in physics and machine learning and is interested in the application of computer vision to ophthalmology.
Aside from the focus of this talk, he is also interested in the use of AI for pre-screening in clinical trials and safely unlocking medical data for analysis using federated machine learning.
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