DIARETDB0 - Standard Diabetic Retinopathy Database

Calibration level 0

Description

This is a public database for benchmarking diabetic retinopathy detection from digital images. The main objective of the design has been to unambiguously define a database and a testing protocol which can be used to benchmark diabetic retinopathy detection methods. By using this database and the defined testing protocol, the results between different methods can be compared. For more information refer to the documentation.

Authors

Tomi Kauppi
Valentina Kalesnykiene
Joni-Kristian Kamarainen
Lasse Lensu
Iiris Sorri
Juhani Pietilä
Heikki Kälviäinen
Hannu Uusitalo

Copyright

DIARETDB0 is Copyright © 2006 by Tomi Kauppi, Valentina Kalesnykiene, Joni-Kristian Kamarainen, Lasse Lensu, Iiris Sorri, Juhani Pietilä, Heikki Kälviäinen, and Hannu Uusitalo.

Usage

The database can be freely downloaded and used for scientific research purposes. You are not allowed redistribute or modify it. Proper citing of this resource is expected if the database is used in research or other reporting.

The database is meant to be useful, but it is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, and without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Inclusion of this database or even parts of it in a proprietary program is not allowed without a written permission from the owners of the copyright. If you wish to obtain such a permission, you should contact 

    Machine Vision and Pattern Recognition Research Group
    Laboratory of Information Processing
    Lappeenranta University of Technology
    PO Box 20
    FI-53851 Lappeenranta
    FINLAND
or owner-diaretdb<at>lists.lut.fi (in the address, replace the string <at> with @, please).

All communication related to the database updates and announcements of future releases will be carried out through the diaretdb mailing list. You can subscribe the list by sending a message to the address diaretdb-on<at>lists.lut.fi by using your default e-mail system. You will get a confirmation with further instructions after your subscription.

If you find any errors or bugs, or have comments related to the database contents, please contact diaretdb<at>lists.lut.fi.

Data

The current database consists of 130 color fundus images of which 20 are normal and 110 contain signs of the diabetic retinopathy (hard exudates, soft exudates, micronaneuyrysms, hemorrhages and neovascularization). Images were captured with a 50 degree field-of-view digital fundus camera with unknown camera settings. The data correspond to practical situations, and can be used to evaluate the general performance of diagnosis methods. This data set is referred to as "calibration level 0 fundus images".

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Documentation

  1. Kauppi, T., Kalesnykiene, V., Kamarainen, J.-K., Lensu, L., Sorri, I., Uusitalo, H., Kälviäinen, H., Pietilä, J., DIARETDB0: Evaluation Database and Methodology for Diabetic Retinopathy Algorithms, Technical report (PDF).

Download

Database package (zip file 258M): The fundus images, ground truth, evaluation script for Matlab, and documentation.

If you have problems or suggestions concerning this software package, do not hesitate to contact owner-diaretdb<at>lists.lut.fi, or a member of the ImageRet project.

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