The AIM Template Service (ATS) is a web service application that makes it possible for you to upload (publish) and download AIM templates created using a caBIG® Annotation and Image Markup (AIM) tool such as AIM Template Builder. You can import AIM template files to AIM Template Builder and modify them there. You can then use AIM Template Builder to export the template(s) to an AIM template file. If you want to share that file, you can upload it to ATS.
AIM templates contain a set of well-defined questions and answer choices to facilitate collecting information for a particular purpose, such as The Cancer Genome Atlas Glioblastoma (TCGA GBM) study. AIM templates ensure that users can annotate medical images using a controlled vocabulary and standard template. This results in simple and constrained annotations that are reproducible and consistent.
An AIM template group is a container that holds more than one template. Templates and template groups are part of AIM template files, which are in XML format. The following XML file section shows how template groups and their component template files are described in an AIM template file.
A valid AIM template is validated by AIM schemas (version 1, revision 18/19/23).
You can publish a template file to ATS if you have a caGrid account, the template file is in XML format, and the template complies with AIM schema versions v1.rv23 and v2rv13.
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You can download a template group from ATS so that you can import it to any AIM-enabled application such as AIM Template Builder.
When you create a template group using an AIM-enabled application, you specify its metadata. You can use this metadata as search criteria when you search for the template group later.
Narrow your search by entering information into the fields. If you do not enter any information into the fields, all template groups available in ATS appear, and it may take longer to see the results of your search. The following fields are available.
Field | Description |
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Container Name | Template group name |
Container Description | Template group description |
Container Author | Person who created the template group in the AIM-enabled application |
Disease | Disease that is the topic of the templates in the template group |
Body Part | Body part that is the topic of the templates in the template group |
Download a template from ATS so that you can use it in an AIM-enabled application such as AIM Template Builder.
When you create a template using an AIM-enabled application, you specify its metadata. You can use this metadata as search criteria when you search for the template later.
Narrow your search by entering information into the fields. If you do not enter any information into the fields, all template groups available in the AIM Template Service appear, and it may take longer to see the results of your search. The following fields are available.
Field | Description |
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Template Name | Template name |
Template Code Desc | Template code description |
Template Description | Template description |
Template Author | Person who created the template in the AIM-enabled application |
Disease | Disease that is the topic of the templates in the template group |
Body Part | Body part that is the topic of the templates in the template group |
Modality | Any of the various types of equipment or probes used to acquire images of the body, such as CR or DR (radiography), US (ultrasound) and MR (magnetic resonance imaging) |
You can make the template groups you publish to ATS public or private.
UserA, UserB
.Deleting a template group permanently removes it from ATS.
You can view the contents of an AIM template in XML format.