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  1. Select the template to which you want to add a component from the Template Name panel.
  2. From the buttons in the Template Components panel, click Create template component button. A new Template Components section of the panel appears.
    New Template Components section before any options have been selected.
  3. Customize your template component by selecting options from the items in the table below.

    Field

    Description

    Label

    Double-click this field to add a label. A label becomes a heading in the image annotation form that users will complete when the template is imported into another application.

    Description

    An optional description of the component.

    AIM Class

    Select an AIM class from the list. As the image below of the expanded list shows, AIM class options are Anatomic Entity, Imaging Observation, Inference, and Calculation.
    "AIM class drop-down list expanded to show all four options.

    Min

    The minimum number of times the template will allow users this select this term when they annotate an image.

    Max

    The maximum number of times the template will allow users to select this term when they annotate an image.

    Display

    Select this box to display this component in the template.

    Confidence

    Specify the confidence interval for the value users will enter for this component. Expected values are 0 through 100.

    Authors

    The AIM Template Manager user who created this component.

    Tip
    titleSaving your work

    Each time you enter a value into a field or make a selection, AIM Template Manager saves your work.

  4. Add If the component is an Anatomic Entity or Imaging Observation, add a characteristic to the component. If the component is a Calculation, add the specified information about it (Description, MathML, Algorithm Name, and Algorithm Version.
  5. Specify the characteristic's allowed terms.

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To add a characteristic to a component

  1. Create a component of the Anatomic Entity, Imaging Observation, or Calculation AIM class.
  2. Add allowed terms. You can add them manually in this field or select them from a lexicon you have created.
    • To add an allowed term manually, double-click in the Label field and enter the term that you want to

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