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Table 1 Summary of the most relevant metadata models currently available, the type of metadata they represent, and the scope of the model

From: Position of the AI for Health Imaging (AI4HI) network on metadata models for imaging biobanks

Model

Type of metadata

Scope

DICOM extensions

Clinical variables

Extend DICOM metadata to other domains

SEDI

DICOM tags

Enable semantic search over DICOM tags

MIABIS

Biological samples and tissues

Standard for traditional biobanks and Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure–European Research Infrastructure Consortium Directory

OMOP CDM

Clinical variables

Standardise observational medical outcomes

FHIR

Clinical variables

Standard for health care data exchange

OMOP on FHIR

Clinical variables

Bidirectional mapping

ICGC-ARGO

Cancer-focused clinical variables

Standardise variables, attributes, and permissive values in the cancer domain

  1. DICOM Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, FHIR Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, ICGC-ARGO International Cancer Genome Consortium-Accelerating Research in Genomic Oncology, MIABIS Minimum Information About BIobank data Sharing, OMOP CDM Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model, SEDI Semantic DICOM