The IPASC data format: A consensus data format for photoacoustic imaging.
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Authors
Gröhl, Janek
Hacker, Lina
Cox, Ben T
Dreher, Kris K
Morscher, Stefan
Rakotondrainibe, Avotra
Varray, François
Yip, Lawrence CM
Vogt, William C
Bohndiek, Sarah E
Members of the International Photoacoustic Standardisation Consortium (IPASC)
Publication Date
2022-06Journal Title
Photoacoustics
ISSN
2213-5979
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
26
Language
eng
Type
Article
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Gröhl, J., Hacker, L., Cox, B. T., Dreher, K. K., Morscher, S., Rakotondrainibe, A., Varray, F., et al. (2022). The IPASC data format: A consensus data format for photoacoustic imaging.. Photoacoustics, 26 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2022.100339
Abstract
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging modality that has shown promise for improving patient management in a range of applications. Unfortunately, the current lack of uniformity in PAI data formats compromises inter-user data exchange and comparison, which impedes: technological progress; effective research collaboration; and efforts to deliver multi-centre clinical trials. To overcome this challenge, the International Photoacoustic Standardisation Consortium (IPASC) has established a data format with a defined consensus metadata structure and developed an open-source software application programming interface (API) to enable conversion from proprietary file formats into the IPASC format. The format is based on Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) and designed to store photoacoustic raw time series data. Internal quality control mechanisms are included to ensure completeness and consistency of the converted data. By unifying the variety of proprietary data and metadata definitions into a consensus format, IPASC hopes to facilitate the exchange and comparison of PAI data.
Keywords
Photoacoustic imaging, Standardisation, Metadata, Open Science, Data Format
Identifiers
35287304, PMC8917284
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2022.100339
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/336140
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