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Scottish Collaborative Optometry-Ophthalmology Network e-research (SCONe)

Population Size

75,982

People

Population Size statistic card

Years

2006 - 2024

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

Scotland

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

Data only
Lead time statistic card

Summary

SCONe is a community-acquired retinal image research repository held in the Public Health Scotland National Safe Haven. It was created with the ambition of collecting, classifying, and curating these images (many of which pre-date disease diagnosis) to enable early identification of ocular, systemic and neurodegenerative disease by uncovering novel biomarkers, ultimately improving clinical outcomes.

https://clinical-sciences.ed.ac.uk/ophthalmology/scone

Documentation

SCONe contains retinal images captured by community optometrists collated from participating practices across Scotland.

As they are CHI linked within the Public Health Scotland National Safe Haven, they can be linked to other routinely collected datasets.

Dataset type
Health and disease, Imaging types
Dataset sub-type
Vision
Dataset population size
75982

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node
Disambiguating Description
Measured Value
Measured Property
Observation Date

Persons

75982

Count

11 Mar 2025

Number of scans per modality

Fundus photos

798207

Count

11 Mar 2025

Findings

Metadata about each image including date of capture, eye imaged, image resolution (small subset of images).

798207

Date, R/L, numeric

11 Mar 2025

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection
Research cohort
Source of data extraction
Machine generated
Collection source setting
Community
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available

Details

Publishing frequency
Other
Version
1.0.0
Modified

11/03/2025

Distribution release date

01/09/2028

Coverage

Start date

01/01/2006

End date

31/12/2024

Time lag
Not applicable
Geographic coverage
Scotland
Maximum age range
150

Accessibility

Language
en
Alignment with standardised data models
OTHER
Controlled vocabulary
OTHER
Format
tif, jpg, png, csv

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Access rights
In progress. We are currently developing a mechanism to facilitate external researcher access to the SCONe retinal image repository with our partners at Public Health Scotland, who manage the National Safe Haven trusted research environment. We are not yet able to put a timescale on when this route will open for applications.
Jurisdiction
UK
Data Controller
University of Edinburgh & NHS Lothian are data controller for the collected images as SCONe's organisational sponsors.
Data Processor
Public Health Scotland is data processor of the SCONe images.

Dataset Types: Health and disease, Imaging types

Dataset Sub-types: Vision

Collection Sources: Community

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