Subject	Ophthalmology.
Specific subject area	Diabetic Retinopathy.
Type of data	Image. Excel file.
How data were acquired	The fundus images were captured with the VISUCAM 500 camera from ZEISS [1]. The retinographies should be centered on the macula.
Data format	1. JPG (.jpg), Fundus images whose dimensions are $2124\times 2056$.
	2. Annotations of the classifications in an EXCEL file (.xlsx).
Parameters for data collection	Field angle: 45${}^{\circ }$. Capture Mode: Color Image. Fixation points: Internal hexagonal fixation.
Description of data collection	Fundus images. We provide fundus images with Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) condition. The classification of fundus images have been done in 7 categories: No DR signs, Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NPDR) (mild, moderate, severe, very severe), Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR) and Advanced PDR.
Data source location	The dataset of 757 color fundus images was acquired at the Department of Ophthalmology of the Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo 2160, Paraguay.
Data accessibility	Repository name: Dataset from fundus images for the study of DR Data identification number: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4647952 Direct URL to data: https://zenodo.org/record/4647952#.YGNjXVUzbIU