Glossary

This glossary provides definitions of key terms used throughout the tutorial.

Account

User access credentials and authentication needed to interact with the QMENTA Platform.

Analysis

A single analysis or workflow of sequential analyses which can be executed in the QMENTA Platform (e.g., FreeSurfer, Protocol Adherence Automation, Medical Image Data analysis, etc.).

Analysis ID

A unique identifier assigned to an Analysis. An Analysis will always have a Analysis ID.

Analysis Log

Log generated during the execution of the analysis.

Application Programming Interface (API)

A set of methods that allow communication with the QMENTA Platform programmatically.

Container ID

A unique identifier for a storage unit where session data or analysis outputs are stored. Note a Container ID is only assigned to a Patient ID or Analysis ID if they are storing files.

Metadata

Numerical and qualitative data associated with a session (Subject ID/Session ID) or a file within a session in a Project in the QMENTA Platform. Some examples are the file modality, acquisition parameters, and/or clinical scores.

Modality

A label automatically or manually added to a data file in the QMENTA Platform. It corresponds to the imaging modality of the data file in the broad sense (e.g., CT, PET, DTI, T1, T2, etc… ).

Patient ID

A unique identifier assigned to a session. Note a session always has a Patient ID.

Project

The imaging data and the corresponding analyses are organized by Project in the QMENTA Platform. Each Project is a separate entity and information (data and metadata) is not shared across Projects.

QC Status

A quality check label assigned to a session or analysis, indicating whether the quality check has passed, failed, or if it is undetermined.

Search Criteria

A dictionary of parameters used to perform data and metadata searches on a Project.

Subject

An individual whose cross-sectional and/or longitudinal imaging data is in the QMENTA Platform.

Subject ID

A name assigned to a subject in a Project. It must be unique across subjects.

Session

The imaging data of a Subject at a single timepoint.

Session ID (SSID)

Numerical identifier of an imaging session associated with a subject (Subject ID) in a QMENTA Platform Project. The pair Subject ID/Session ID uniquely identifies every imaging session in a QMENTA Platform Project. Note the Session ID must be unique for a given Subject ID.

Tag

A label manually or automatically assigned to a session or a file to categorize it.

Timepoint

An imaging session acquired at a specific moment in time. This corresponds to a Subject ID/Session ID and may include Metadata.

Workflow

A sequence of image processing analysis executed in the QMENTA Platform.