CATARACTS 2017: Surgical Tool Detection Challenge
50 cataract surgery videos (>9 hours total) with frame-level annotations of 21 surgical tools. Earlier and larger sibling to Cataract-1K.
At a glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Short name | cataracts2017 |
| Full name | CATARACTS 2017: Surgical Tool Detection Challenge |
| Publication date | 2017 |
| Date basis | Initial dataset release |
| Publication date precision | year |
| Publication date evidence | arxiv.org/abs |
| Publication date source field | Associated CATARACTS challenge paper: explicit dataset release statement |
| Publication date reviewed | 2026-09-11 |
| Date notes | The primary CaDIS challenge paper states that CATARACTS released 50 cataract-surgery videos with instrument-usage annotations in 2017; this explicit release statement supports year precision for the represented CATARACTS resource. |
| Primary category | surgical_video |
| Resource role | current_dataset |
| Dataset family | cataracts2017 |
| Contained modalities | surgical_video |
| Tasks | classification, multilabel |
| Primary reported quantity | 50 videos |
| Classes | 21 (Not reported) |
| Splits | train, test |
| Size | 50.0 GB |
| Source-stated terms | CC BY 4.0 (IEEE DataPort) |
| Normalized terms | cc-by |
| Descriptive screening label | Standard label without an explicit NC clause; not a permission finding |
| Terms scope | dataset_files |
| Access friction | self_service_authenticated |
| Route backend | Manual (upstream-gated) |
| Availability | available (checked 2026-07-21) |
| Acquisition support | guided_instructions_only |
| Legacy sample-loader status | Metadata and access only |
Reported quantities
| Role | Count | Unit | Scope | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 50 | videos | Primary quantity reported in the reviewed catalog source | legacy_catalog_field | ieee-dataport.org/open-access |
Counts retain their source-reported units. Additional rows can describe components, paired items, or derivative copies and are not automatically added to the primary quantity.
Notes
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Documented relationships
These links record source-supported lineage or overlap, not merely similar modality tags.
- cadis is
derived fromthis record: CaDIS adds semantic segmentation labels to frames selected from CATARACTS videos. (evidence)
Access information and download
- CLI
- Python
# Read-only preflight
eyehub download cataracts2017 --data-dir ./data --dry-run --json
# Download, only when preflight reports supported behavior
eyehub download cataracts2017 --data-dir ./data
from eyedatahub.acquisition import preflight_dataset
from eyedatahub.datasets.registry import REGISTRY
ds = REGISTRY.get_dataset('cataracts2017')
print(preflight_dataset(ds, './data')) # no download
Upstream page: ieee-dataport.org/open-access
Source-term evidence: ieee-dataport.org/open-access
Loader status
This catalog record provides metadata and access instructions, but it does not yet include a standard DatasetSample loader. Inspect the source file structure or contribute a loader before using it in a training pipeline.
Citation
- BibTeX
- Plain text
@misc{cataracts2017,
title = { CATARACTS 2017: Surgical Tool Detection Challenge },
note = { Al Hajj et al., 'CATARACTS: Challenge on Automatic Tool Annotation for cataRACT Surgery', Medical Image Analysis 2019 },
year = { 2019 },
url = { https://ieee-dataport.org/open-access/cataracts },
}
Al Hajj et al., 'CATARACTS: Challenge on Automatic Tool Annotation for cataRACT Surgery', Medical Image Analysis 2019.
Source-stated terms
- Raw source string: CC BY 4.0 (IEEE DataPort)
- Normalized category:
cc-by - Apparent scope:
dataset_files - Descriptive screening label: Standard label without an explicit NC clause; not a permission finding
⚠️ Source-stated terms, scope, and normalized labels are curation metadata, not legal advice or a permission finding. Review the current official source before transfer or reuse.
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