STARE: Structured Analysis of the Retina

20 fundus images with manual vessel segmentation (two annotators).

At a glance

Field	Value
Short name	stare
Full name	STARE: Structured Analysis of the Retina
Primary category	fundus
Contained modalities	fundus
Tasks	segmentation
Samples	20
Classes	Not reported (Not reported)
Splits	all
Size	0.02 GB
Source-stated terms	Research only
Normalized terms	research-only
Descriptive screening label	Research or challenge restriction recorded; check source
Terms scope	dataset_files
Access friction	anonymous_direct
Route backend	Direct HTTP
Availability	available (checked 2026-07-21)
Acquisition support	loader_implemented_not_live_tested
Legacy sample-loader status	Standard loader included

Access preflight and acquisition

CLI

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

# Explicit transfer, only when preflight reports supported behavior
eyehub download stare --data-dir ./data

Python

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

ds = REGISTRY.get_dataset('stare')
print(preflight_dataset(ds, './data'))  # no transfer

Upstream page: cecas.clemson.edu/~ahoover

Source-term evidence: cecas.clemson.edu/~ahoover

Loader example

This entry includes a standard DatasetSample loader.

from pathlib import Path
from eyedatahub.datasets.registry import REGISTRY

data_dir = Path('~/.eyedatahub/data').expanduser()
ds = REGISTRY.get_dataset('stare')
samples = ds.load(data_dir, split='all')
for s in samples[:5]:
    print(s.sample_id, s.label, s.image_path)

Citation

BibTeX

@misc{stare,
  title  = { STARE: Structured Analysis of the Retina },
  note   = { Hoover et al., 'Locating blood vessels in retinal images by piece-wise threshold probing of a matched filter response', IEEE TMI 2000 },
  year   = { 2000 },
  url    = { https://cecas.clemson.edu/~ahoover/stare/ },
}

Plain text

Hoover et al., 'Locating blood vessels in retinal images by piece-wise threshold probing of a matched filter response', IEEE TMI 2000.

Source-stated terms

• Raw source string: Research only
• 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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