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AIM

is

the

first

project

to

propose

and

create

a

standard

means

of

adding

information

and

knowledge

to

an

image

in

a

clinical

environment,

so

that

image

content

can

be

easily

and

automatically

searched.

AIM

provides

a

solution

to

the

following

imaging

challenges:

• *

• No

• agreed

• upon

• syntax

• for

• annotation

• and

• markup

• *

• No

• agreed

• upon

• semantics

• to

• describe

• annotations

• *

• No

• standard

• format

• (for

• example,

• DICOM,

• XML,

• HL7)

• for

• annotations

• and

• markup

The

AIM

project

includes

the

following.

• The

• AIM

• Model

• captures

• the

• descriptive

• information

• for

• an

• image

• with

• user-generated

• graphical

• symbols

• placed

• on

• the

• image

• into

• a

• single

• common

• information

• source.

• The

• AIM

• Template

• Service

• is

• a

• web

• service

• application

• that

• makes

• it

• possible

• for

• you

• to

• upload

• (publish)

• and

• download

• AIM

• templates

• created

• using

• an

• AIM

• tool

• such

• as

• AIM

• Template

• Builder.

• The

• AIM

• Template

• Builder

• is

• a

• Java

• application

• that

• allows

• you

• to

• build

• templates

• that

• are

• compatible

• with

• the

• AIM

• Model.

• Templates

• are

• a

• set

• of

• well-defined

• questions

• and

• answer

• choices

• that

• facilitate

• collecting

• information

• for

• a

• study.

• The

• AIM

• Template

• Builder

• has

• replaced

• the

• AIM

• Template

• Manager.

• AIM

• on

• ClearCanvas

• Workstation

• is

• a

• reference

• implementation

• of

• the

• AIM

• Model.

• AIM

• on

• ClearCanvas

• Workstation

• demonstrates

• how

• the

• AIM

• model

• and

• the

• AIM

• library

• can

• be

• applied

• in

• a

• real

• imaging

• diagnostic

• workstation.

• You

• can

• use

• AIM

• on

• ClearCanvas

• Workstation

• to

• create

• AIM

• XML

• documents

• and

• AIM

• DICOM

• SR

• objects

• that

• adhere

• to

• the

• AIM

• data

• model.

• You

• can

• also

• import

• a

• new

• AIM

• template

• XML

• document

• that

• represents

• a

• set

• of

• controlled

• questions

• and

• answers

• for

• each

• question.

• Typical

• users

• want

• to

• make

• simple

• and

• constrained

• annotations

• that

• are

• reproducible

• and

• consistent

• for

• the

• same

• kind

• of

• imaging

• study.