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Dr Louise Terry

Dr Louise Terry

Lecturer

Email:
terryl1@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone:
+44 (0)29 2087 0247

I undertook my postgraduate research at Cardiff University, submitting my thesis entitled ‘An in vivo investigation of choroidal vasculature in age-related macular degeneration’ in May 2017. My particular research interest is in using artificial intelligence to detect and classify this condition from 3-D OCT scans of the back of the eye. As a qualified optometrist, part of my research included recruiting and examining patients diagnosed with macular degeneration, from clinics at the University Hospital of Wales. I now lecture 3rd year undergraduate students on contact lenses and low vision, and supervise students on several 2nd and 3rd year clinical modules.

Educational and professional qualifications:

2016 – Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)

2013 – Present: PhD, An in-vivo investigation of choroidal vasculature in AMD, Cardiff University

2013 – Registered Optometrist (GOC no: 01-27549), MCOptom

2009 – 2012: First Class Honours in Optometry, Cardiff University

Academic positions:

2017-present – Teacher, Cardiff University

2016-present – Clinical supervisor, Cardiff University

2016-2017 – Clinical trials optometrist, University Hospital of Wales

2013-2017 – Postgraduate researcher, Cardiff University

2013-2016 – Student demonstrator, Cardiff University

Funding:

Travel bursary for ARVO 2016 from The College of Optometrists.

CUROP summer student funding (June 2015 and June 2016)

Research Collaborators:

Visual Science Bioimaging Lab, Cardiff University

SwanseaVision, Department of Computer Science, Swansea University

Professional memberships

GOC membership 01-27549

College of Optometrists membership (MCOptom)

Association of Optometrists membership

Speaking engagements

2017  British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science (BCOVS), Plymouth University, UK

2016  British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science (BCOVS), University of Ulster, UK

2016  British Council Researcher Links Newton-Al-Farabi Partnership Programme Workshop, Kazakh Eye Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2016  School of Optometry and Vision Sciences Postgraduate Seminar Series, Cardiff University, UK

2016  Young Vision Researchers’ Colloquium, Bristol Vision Institute, UK

2016  Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA

2015  Speaking of Science, Cardiff University, UK

2014  British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science (BCOVS), Cardiff University, UK

2014  Speaking of Science, Cardiff University, UK

I teach clinical optometry at undergraduate level, and am recognised as an associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA). I deliver lecture series on contact lens and low vision to 3rd year students, and have also been involved in WOPEC modules, particularly refraction for ophthalmologists.

Modules:

OP3202 – Contact lenses and low vision

OP3101 – Primary Care Clinics

OP2202 – Contact lenses

OP2203 – Investigative techniques

Publications

Articles:

Ravenscroft D, et al. (2017) AMD classification in choroidal OCT using hierarchical texton mining. Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems (ACIVS) Proceedings September 2017.

Ravenscroft D, et al. (2017) Learning feature extractors for AMD classification in OCT using convolutional neural networks. European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) Proceedings August 2017.

Terry L, et al. (2016) Automated retinal layer segmentation using spectral domain optical coherence tomography: evaluation of inter-session repeatability and agreement between devices. PLOS ONE 11 (9) p0162001.

Deng J, et al. (2016) Age-related macular degeneration detection and stage classification using choroidal OCT images. International Conference on Image analysis and Recognition (ICIAR) Proceedings July 2016.

Optometric publications:

Terry L. OCT: past, present, and future, Optometry Today, October 2017.

Terry L, and Wood A. The choroid: a clearer clinical view. Optometry Today, April 2017.

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