Glossary
AMG: study tag assigned to every AMG regulated study.
Annotation: semantic annotation giving a fixed meaning to specific eCRF item.
BIO: study tag assigned to study collecting biospecimens withing biobank.
BIO-code: project code assigned to study within biobank.
CCP: study tag assigned to study using CCP project specific pseudonymisation.
CCP-code: unique CCP trial registry code.
Clinical Stage: refers to identifiable DICOM data in clinical PACS archives.
Component: one specific software system (such as EDC, PACS or LAB) that is integrated into the RPB platform.
CMS: news article content management system.
CTMS: clinical trial management system.
DICOM: study tag assigned to study collecting medical imaging or treatment planning data.
DICOM-RT: radiotherapy specific extension of DICOM standard used for representation of radiotherapy specific entities such as plan, structure sets and dose files.
DKTK: study tag assigned to study with DKTK informed consent.
Dummy-run: process of site qualification for particular clinical trial.
eCRF: electronic case report form.
EDC: an electronic data capture system for conduction of eCRF data.
EDC-code: unique code assigned as study tag to every study configured to use EDC component.
ePRO: electronic patient reported outcomes.
IDAT: study tag assigned to study when site patient pseudonyms are derived from identifiable data.
Mobile: table friendly component to collect electronic patient reported outcomes.
LAB: laboratory data management system with file repository and tabular data storage.
PACS: a picture archiving and communication system for storage of DICOM data.
PACS Cluster: collection of PACS nodes within the platform.
PACS Data Node: PACS DICOM node that stores DICOM data.
PACS Proxy: PACS DICOM node that does not store data but redirect the search requests to specific PACS data nodes.
Partner Site: institute which join a study as a site location.
Person: human entity that is involved in the clinical research process with specific role or is participating as subject in specific trial.
PID/ Pseudonym/ Person ID: the unique identifier for subject within a scope of whole RPB platform instance.
Project Agnostic Stage: refers to de-identified DICOM data staged into Study0 for screening purposes.
Project Specific Stage: refers to de-identified DICOM data staged for specific research project for data evaluation purposes.
Protocol Code/ ID: unique code assigned to study protocol.
RPB Platform: the collection of tightly integrated software systems that form a core software infrastructure necessary to support translational radiotherapy research projects.
RTStruct: DICOM series storing delineation of region of interests.
Site: clinical or pre-clinical trial or research project with all it’d data and meta-data limited to specific research location.
Staging: process of de-identification of DICOM data.
Study0: project agnostic subject registry used for screening purposes.
Study: clinical or pre-clinical trial or research project with all it’d data and meta-data, which can be mono- (one site location) or multi- (multiple site locations) centre.
Study Subject: a subject entity that have been enrolled into a specific study.
Study Subject ID: identifier that is unique for subject within a scope of a specific study.
Study Tag: label appended to study that can hold true/false or identifier values.
Subject/ Patient: entity that will be the target of examination within specific study.