The training and test datasets can be downloaded with a torrent client at the following addresses:

To download a dataset, simply click on the yellow download button.

A few notes:

  • Downloading works well with Bittorrent, rtorrent and Transmission, the recommended clients. It does not seem to work with BitLord for instance.
  • Please continue seeding once you have downloaded your copy (at least until the challenge deadline). Thanks!

Scientific publications (journal publications, conference papers, technical reports) based on CATARACTS data must cite the following paper:

Al Hajj H, Lamard M, Conze PH, Roychowdhury S, Hu X, Maršalkaitė G, Zisimopoulos O, Dedmari MA, Zhao F, Prellberg J, Sahu M, Galdran A, Araújo T, Vo DM, Panda C, Dahiya N, Kondo S, Bian Z, Vahdat A, Bialopetravičius J, Flouty E, Qiu C, Dill S, Mukhopadhyay A, Costa P, Aresta G, Ramamurthy S, Lee SW, Campilho A, Zachow S, Xia S, Conjeti S, Stoyanov D, Armaitis J, Heng PA, Macready WG, Cochener B, Quellec G. CATARACTS: Challenge on automatic tool annotation for cataRACT surgery. Med Image Anal. 2019 Feb;52:24-41.

This dataset must not be used for commercial purposes.