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To create these XML documents, you use the AIM Template Manager to design templates using a lexicon of standard and user-definable terms. You can then collect multiple templates into template groups. You complete the process by downloading a template group as an XML file to your local computer.

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Why Use the AIM Standard?

Imaging reports contain both graphical drawings and medical knowledge in the form of annotations. These annotations are stored as unstructured text and separated from graphical drawings, which are typically in a proprietary format on an imaging system. Extracting this valuable medical information and combining them with drawings on another system is time-consuming and cumbersome to filter and search.

The AIM standard begins to solve this problem by capturing the descriptive information of an image with user-generated graphical symbols placed on the image into a single common information source. Medical AIM captures medical findings are captured using standard vocabularies such as RadLex, SNOMED CT, DICOM, and user-defined terminology.

The AIM Template Manager

Image information captured in the AIM model includes an anatomic entity and its characteristics, imaging observation and its characteristics, and inference. Existing vocabularies However, existing vocabularies used to describe medical images contain thousands of terms that make it difficult for users to search and select criteria for inclusion as an find and then include in their AIM annotation.

The AIM Template Manager employs the AIM model to

Working with Template Groups

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Editing a Template Group

Deleting a Template Group

Downloading a Template Group

Uploading a Template Group

Working with Templates

Creating a Template

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