Publications, Resources & Media

BBC News - 'AI could help diagnose dementia through eye tests'

Edinburgh Innovations - 'AI software tool aims to use high street eye tests to spot dementia risk'

The Times - 'Routine eye checks could be used to spot Alzheimer's risk'

Surgeon's News - 'Sight loss initiative launches in Scotland' (page 10-11 of the online reader)

Eye News - 'Artificial intelligence in eyecare: how do we ensure new technologies truly benefit our patients?'

EyeViews podcast - Prof Bal Dhillon talks to Research Optometrist Fiona Buckmaster

The New Optometrist - 'Advancing AI in Eye Care'

The Scotsman - 'Optometrists: we need you to help us research the sight loss care of the future'

BBC Scotland - 'Could you get your eye test online?'

The Telegraph - 'What your eyes reveal about your health'

Optometry Today Cover Story - 'Big Question #4'

Optician Magazine - 'SCONe: Unlocking the Retina'

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Webinar - 27th July 2020

British Congress for Optometry and Vision Science (BCOVS) Conference - 7th September 2021

Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) 1st Prize Poster Presentation - 13th June 2022

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Webinar 'Artificial Intelligence: Science Fiction or the Future of Eye Care?' - 29th June 2022

Pan-Ireland Ophthalmology Day (POD) - 14th October 2022

ARVO (The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2023 Annual Meeting poster presentation - 23rd April 2023

Edinburgh Macular Group - talk to patient group - 30th June 2023

GCU Vision Sciences Alumni event - 24th August 2023

Macular Society patient information event - 13th September 2023

ARVO (The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2024 Annual Meeting poster presentation (abstract) - May 2024

Macular Society Scotland Patient Information and Research Event - 30th October 2024

ARVO (The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) 2025 Annual Meeting

• Retinal Feature Changes Over Time in AMD, Glaucoma, and Controls
• Prediction of Optical Coherence Tomography Retinal Layer Thickness from Colour Fundus Photography in the UK Biobank
• Fundus refraction Offset: A novel individualised biomarker for myopia
• SCONe: Developing a Public Involvement and Engagement Strategy within Big Data

Uniting the UK's Health Data: A Huge Opportunity for Society (p.75, Box 3.8)

Novel linkage approach to join community-acquired and national data

Optometrists' Perspectives Regarding Artificial Intelligence Aids and Contributing Retinal Images to a Repository: Web-Based Interview Study

Retinal Vascular Changes in Alzheimer's Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Study Using Ultra-Widefield Imaging

Detecting multiple retinal diseases in ultra-widefield fundus imaging and data-driven identification of informative regions with deep learning

Scottish Optometry Pilot Study

Microvasculopathy in spinal muscular atrophy is driven by a reversible autonomous endothelial cell defect

Blue-light induced breakdown of barrier function on human retinal epithelial cells is mediated by PKC-ζ over-activation and oxidative stress

Lateral thinking - Interocular symmetry and asymmetry in neurovascular patterning, in health and disease

Ambient Air Pollution Associations with Retinal Morphology in the UK Biobank

Reticular Pseudodrusen in Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration

Characterizing the Natural History of Foveal-Sparing Atrophic Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration

Associations with photoreceptor thickness measures in the UK Biobank

Seeing through the cracks

Association of ambient air pollution with age-related macular degeneration and retinal thickness in UK Biobank

Quantitative action spectroscopy reveals ARPE19 sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation at 350 nm and 380 nm

Retinal pigment epithelium cholesterol efflux mediated by the 18 kDa translocator protein, TSPO, a potential target for treating age-related macular degeneration

Scottish Government Directorate of Primary Care - PCA(O)2022(07) (PDF)

Maree Todd MSP (Minister for Public Health, Women's Health and Sport) - Letter of Support (PDF)

Ivan McKee MSP (Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation) - Letter of Support (PDF)

Professor Andrew Morris CBE FRSE FMedSci - Letter of Support (PDF)

Scottish Government Directorate of Primary Care - PCA(O)2024(04) (PDF)

SCONe Proof of Concept Executive Summary (PDF)