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Description:
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.
Coverage
Spatial:
Scotland
Typical Age Range:
18-150
Follow Up:
Other
Pathway:
Fundus images collected during routine eye appointments at participating
optometrists. Currently a single extraction from each practice.
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Research cohort
Sources:
Machine generated
Collection Situations:
Community
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Other
Distribution Release Date:
01 September 2028
Start Date:
01 January 2006
End Date:
01 January 2026
Time Lag:
Not applicable
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
In progress. We are currently developing a mechanism to allow 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. This will be facilitated by Research Data Scotland though the Researcher Data Access Pathway.
We are not yet able to put a timescale on when this route will open for applications.
Jurisdictions:
UK
Data Controller:
University of Edinburgh NHS Lothian are data controller for the collected
images.
Data Processor:
Public Health Scotland is data processor of the SCONe images.
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
OTHER
Conforms To:
OTHER
Languages:
en
Formats:
- tif
- jpg
- png
- csv
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Findings
Metadata about each image including date of capture, eye imaged.
131000
Date, character
31 July 2026
Number of scans per modality
Fundus photos
1219000
Count
31 July 2026
Persons
131000
Count
31 July 2026