Table 7 General metadata profile.

From: A preclinical CT and MRI Liver Imaging Dataset with Anatomical, Functional and Segmentation Data

Field name

Field type

Additional information

Creator

- String

- Required

 

Study ID

- String

- Required

A sequence of characters used to identify, name, or characterize the study.

Animal ID

- String

- Required

Includes the animal number

Animal strain

- String

Breed of animal (e.g. for breed of mouse the strain may be, C57BL/6, SKH1, BALB/c)

Supplier

- String

 

Image modality

- List

- Required

Type of device, process or method used to acquire or derive data. CT, MRI, MRI-CT, or US.

Device name

- String

 

Brand

- List

- Required

Includes a list of various brands: Bioemtech, Bruker, Fuji Film Visualsonics, Mediso, MILabs, Molecubes, MR Solutions, PerkinElmer, Spectral Instruments Imaging, TriFoil Imaging, or other

Coil

- String

When MRI is chosen. The classification of the coil that is used in a magnetic resonance imaging procedure. Usually refers to the anatomical location for where the coil is placed such as head, body or breast. (e.g. RF Res 300 1H 112/086 QSN TO AD volume coil)

Source

- List

Contrast-enhanced or native

Data format

- String

 

Data type

- List

Raw data or reconstructed data

Contrast agent name

- String

 

Longitudinal data

- Boolean

- Required

When multiple time points were measured.

Time point

- Integer

In minutes. Time after injection.

Health status

- List

- Required

Healthy or nor healthy

Disease model

- String

 

Age

- Integer

In days. How long something has existed; elapsed time since birth.

Sex

- List

Female or male

Organ Segmentation

- Can be added multiple times

- For each organ separately

- Can also indicate diseased status of organ without segmentation

- Sub metadata profile

CT imaging parameters

 

- Sub metadata profile

MRI imaging parameters

 

- Sub metadata profile

  1. This part describes metadata about the study settings.