HEI-MED: Hamilton Eye Institute Macular Edema Dataset

A collection of 169 fundus photographs with expert exudate and bright lesion annotations, clinical metadata, optic nerve locations, vessel estimates, and image quality scores.

At a glance

Field	Value
Short name	hei_med
Full name	HEI-MED: Hamilton Eye Institute Macular Edema Dataset
First published	Unknown
Publication date precision	Unknown
Publication date evidence	Unknown
Publication date source field	Unknown
Publication date reviewed	Unknown
Primary category	fundus
Resource role	current_dataset
Dataset family	hei_med
Contained modalities	fundus
Tasks	segmentation, classification, quality
Primary reported quantity	169 images
Classes	Not reported (Not reported)
Splits	all
Size	0.32 GB
Source-stated terms	Research only: non-commercial research use
Normalized terms	research-only
Descriptive screening label	Research or challenge restriction recorded; check source
Terms scope	dataset_files
Access friction	anonymous_direct
Route backend	GitHub
Availability	available (checked 2026-07-21)
Acquisition support	end_to_end_tested
Legacy sample-loader status	Metadata and access only

Reported quantities

Role	Count	Unit	Scope	Basis	Evidence
Primary	169	images	Primary quantity reported in the reviewed catalog source	legacy_catalog_field	github.com/lgiancaUTH

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

The source README permits only non-commercial research use and requires citation. No SPDX license file is present.

Access information and download

CLI

# Read-only preflight
eyehub download hei_med --data-dir ./data --dry-run --json

# Download, only when preflight reports supported behavior
eyehub download hei_med --data-dir ./data

Python

from eyedatahub.acquisition import preflight_dataset
from eyedatahub.datasets.registry import REGISTRY

ds = REGISTRY.get_dataset('hei_med')
print(preflight_dataset(ds, './data'))  # no download

Upstream page: github.com/lgiancaUTH

Source-term evidence: github.com/lgiancaUTH

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

@misc{hei_med,
  title  = { HEI-MED: Hamilton Eye Institute Macular Edema Dataset },
  note   = { Giancardo L, Meriaudeau F, Karnowski TP, et al. Exudate-based diabetic macular edema detection in fundus images using publicly available datasets. Med Image Anal. 2012;16:216-226. doi:10.1016/j.media.2011.07.004 },
  year   = { 2012 },
  url    = { https://github.com/lgiancaUTH/HEI-MED },
}

Plain text

Giancardo L, Meriaudeau F, Karnowski TP, et al. Exudate-based diabetic macular edema detection in fundus images using publicly available datasets. Med Image Anal. 2012;16:216-226. doi:10.1016/j.media.2011.07.004

Source-stated terms

• Raw source string: Research only: non-commercial research use
• Normalized category: research-only
• Apparent scope: dataset_files
• Descriptive screening label: Research or challenge restriction recorded; check source

⚠️ 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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