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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- DRC Communications Team
Lorna's research interests are in maximising the diagnostic value of
routinely acquired structural imaging in the diagnosis of dementia,
using a variety of techniques, from simple visual assessment tools to
more complex statistical pattern recognition based on machine learning. Her research focuses on using imaging acquired during life in individuals
with post mortem confirmation of dementia, which is currently the
diagnostic gold standard. Lorna is also interested in open data, and how
best to share such valuable resources to advance biomarker discovery.
Lorna is now working on PET imaging in dementia and is currently involved
in a tau and amyloid imaging study of young onset Alzheimer’s disease.
In collaboration with colleagues at the UCL Institute of Nuclear
Medicine, Lorna is also working on an imaging pipeline to generate synthetic
data to test partial volume correction algorithms.
Before joining the DRC Lorna worked as an NHS clinical scientist in Nuclear Medicine. She is registered as a clinical scientist with the Health and Care Professions Council and holds chartered scientist status.
- Access the visual rating reference material (pdf) Lorna developed during her PhD.
- Try out a visual rating game developed during Lorna's PhD.
