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# US Segmentation Dataset
The dataset is a collection of openly available ultrasound datasets.
The individual datasets are stored as zip files in the `zip` directory. The utility for extraction all of them will be provided later.
## Instructions for uploading new datasets
1. Download the dataset from the source
2. Convert the dataset into a zip format if required
3. Upload the zip file corresponding anatomy folder in the `zip` directory using the command: `hf upload [repo_id] [local_path] [path_in_repo] --repo-type dataset --commit-message "add-dataset: <dataset_name>"`
eg: `hf upload us-segmentator/us-segmentation-dataset local_path_to_zip_file.zip zips/<anatomy_name>/<zip_file_name>.zip --repo-type dataset --commit-message "add-dataset: <dataset_name>"`
To Download the dataset, use the following command:
1. Make sure you have git lfs installed
2. Run the following command:
```bash
git lfs install
```
3. Run the following command:
```bash
hf download us-segmentator/us-segmentation-dataset --repo-type dataset --local-dir local_path_to_download_directory
```
4. The dataset will be downloaded to the local directory.
> Note: The dataset can be downloaded without the --local-dir argument, but it will be downloaded the huggingface cache directory.