Glossary¶
Component: one specific software system (such as EDC or PACS) that is integrated into the RPB platform.
DICOM: digital imaging and communications in medicine standard used for representation of medical images.
DICOM-RT: radiotherapy specific extension of DICOM standard used for representation of radiotherapy specific entities such as plan, structure sets and dose files.
eCRF: electronic case report form.
EDC: an electronic data capture system for conduction of eCRF data.
PACS: a picture archiving and communication system for storage of DICOM data.
LAB: laboratory data management system with file repository and tabular data storage.
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.
RPB platform: the collection of tightly integrated software systems that form a core software infrastructure necessary to support translational radiotherapy research projects.
Site: clinical or pre-clinical trial or research project with all it’d data and meta-data limited to specific research location.
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.
Subject/ Patient: entity that will be the target of examination within specific study.