RITE: Retinal Images Vessel Tree Extraction (Artery/Vein)
40 fundus images (derived from DRIVE) with artery/vein annotations and vessel-tree structural labels.
At a glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Short name | rite |
| Full name | RITE: Retinal Images Vessel Tree Extraction (Artery/Vein) |
| Primary category | fundus |
| Contained modalities | fundus |
| Tasks | segmentation |
| Samples | 40 |
| Classes | 4 (background, artery, vein, unknown_vessel) |
| Splits | train, test |
| Size | 0.1 GB |
| Source-stated terms | Research only (Iowa Qualtrics request form) |
| Normalized terms | research-only |
| Descriptive screening label | Research or challenge restriction recorded; check source |
| Terms scope | dataset_files |
| Access friction | controlled_or_manual |
| Route backend | Manual (upstream-gated) |
| Availability | available (checked 2026-07-21) |
| Acquisition support | manual_access_blocked |
| Legacy sample-loader status | Metadata and access only |
Notes
Iowa Qualtrics form gates download — no auto path.
Access preflight and acquisition
- CLI
- Python
# This route requires upstream human action; no transfer starts.
eyehub download rite --data-dir ./data --dry-run --json
# Follow the official instructions shown by preflight.
from eyedatahub.acquisition import preflight_dataset
from eyedatahub.datasets.registry import REGISTRY
ds = REGISTRY.get_dataset('rite')
print(preflight_dataset(ds, './data')) # returns manual_access_blocked
Upstream page: eye.medicine.uiowa.edu/rite-dataset
Source-term evidence: eye.medicine.uiowa.edu/rite-dataset
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{rite,
title = { RITE: Retinal Images Vessel Tree Extraction (Artery/Vein) },
note = { Hu et al., 'Automated Separation of Binary Overlapping Trees in Low-Contrast Color Retinal Images', MICCAI 2013 },
year = { 2013 },
url = { https://eye.medicine.uiowa.edu/rite-dataset },
}
Hu et al., 'Automated Separation of Binary Overlapping Trees in Low-Contrast Color Retinal Images', MICCAI 2013.
Source-stated terms
- Raw source string: Research only (Iowa Qualtrics request form)
- 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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