Selina Powell

Features Editor

Selina Powell is the features editor of Optometry Today (OT), where she writes in-depth features for the print journal and is responsible for the development of supplements in collaboration with commercial partners. Selina also covers eye health research for OT, keeping practitioners up to date with the latest developments through the Science & vision section of the website and the clinical round-up in print. She talks to optometrists about their pursuits outside of the testing room for OT’s regular Secret life article, while her My vision feature showcases the experiences of people with conditions that affect their sight.

Selina worked as a journalist for weekly and daily newspapers in New Zealand before moving to the UK in 2016.

More articles by Selina Powell

Zeiss at 100% Optical

Zeiss showcased equipment that assists practices in supporting patients from assessment to diagnosis, management and referral
- Equipment and suppliers
Events 100% Optical Practice management Imaging
Heidelberg Engineering expert shares OCT tips

Professional education director, Martin Long, focused on interpreting optical coherence tomography scans at 100% Optical
- Equipment and suppliers
100% Optical Events Imaging OCT
Locum optometrist guide
Let’s talk about… OCT

Experts share their tips on how locums can harness optical coherence tomography to provide excellent patient care
- Business management
Sight test Locums Imaging OCT
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How AI could become “the optometrist’s best friend”

OT speaks with the Danish company, RetinaLyze, about the benefits of artificial intelligence technology developed with optometrists in mind
- 5 min read
- Equipment and suppliers
Imaging Sight test Glaucoma Diabetes
Skin deeper: expanding the application of OCT beyond the eyes

Scientists have described a new method that increases the depth that optical coherence tomography can scan structures at
- Technology
Health Imaging OCT
Potential for AMD to be identified before vision deteriorates

Large UK study finds those with healthy eyes had thinner retinas if they carried genes that put them at risk of age-related macular degeneration
- Research
AMD Sight impairment Imaging
An eye on AI

From supermarket checkouts to the warehouse factory floor, artificial intelligence is part of daily life in 2021. OT explores its potential for eye health
- Blogs
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Imaging Retina Hospital optometrists
Moorfields Eye Hospital to use AI to analyse retinal images

A new research project could potentially provide the evidence base for the first widespread use of AI within the NHS
- Research
Hospital optometrists Diabetes Imaging
26-year-old suffers vision loss following ice pick attack

A man sustained permanent sight loss in his right eye after he was assaulted with an ice pick
- Research
Sight impairment Hospital optometrists Imaging Treatment
Scientists develop automated OCT machine

The technology incorporates a robotic arm and active-scanning head that aligns itself with the patient’s pupil
- Research
Imaging OCT

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