Open-Source Periorbital Segmentation Dataset for Ophthalmic Applications
This dataset addresses the lack of high-accuracy periorbital segmentation data, which is crucial for developing clinically useful deep learning models in oculoplastic surgery.
The authors created and validated a new dataset of 2842 periorbital images with sub-millimeter accuracy for deep learning models. This dataset enables the training of segmentation networks for objective quantification of disease state and treatment monitoring in ophthalmic applications.
Periorbital segmentation and distance prediction using deep learning allows for the objective quantification of disease state, treatment monitoring, and remote medicine. However, there are currently no reports of segmentation datasets for the purposes of training deep learning models with sub mm accuracy on the regions around the eyes. All images (n=2842) had the iris, sclera, lid, caruncle, and brow segmented by five trained annotators. Here, we validate this dataset through intra and intergrader reliability tests and show the utility of the data in training periorbital segmentation networks. All the annotations are publicly available for free download. Having access to segmentation datasets designed specifically for oculoplastic surgery will permit more rapid development of clinically useful segmentation networks which can be leveraged for periorbital distance prediction and disease classification. In addition to the annotations, we also provide an open-source toolkit for periorbital distance prediction from segmentation masks. The weights of all models have also been open-sourced and are publicly available for use by the community.