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  1. Click the Templates tab.
  2. In the Templates panel, select the template to which you want to add an imaging observation.
  3. In the Template Components panel, right-click the template name and select Create Imaging Observation. You can also find this option in the toolbar (imaging observation button).
    A new panel appears on the right and the toolbar below the Template Components panel changes to provide options for imaging observations.
  4. In the panel on the right, provide the required information, as follows:
    1. Provide a Label for the imaging observation. For example, "Where is the mass located?"
    2. Provide Explanatory Text to better describe the label.
    3. Specify the minimum and maximum number of Answer Choices that the person answering the related question may select in the template.
    4. Select the button that describes your display preference for the imaging observation in the template.
    5. Select the button that describes your display preference for Annotator Confidence.
    6. Specify whether or not a comment is required.
    7. Specify one or more names in the Default Authors field to show who created the imaging observation. 
    8. Optionally, provide a Group Label, which can show an affiliation between this imaging observation and others in the same group.
  5. Click Save.
  6. Add one or more characteristics to the imaging observation.
    For example, to describe an image showing a cystic mass, the AIM template captures an imaging observation of mass and an imaging observation characteristic of cystic.
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