Glossary
Application
Definition: An application is the object of study in a scientific or research field, i. e. the use of scientific knowledge for a specific purpose, e.g. for further research, developing a product, treatment, or technology.
Example: Brain cancer diagnosis is an imaging application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) (and measurements can be for example made with the MRI instrument on board of the Imaging Core Facility (ICF)).
Facility
Definition: A facility is a scientific or administrative unit within one or multiple centers that operates or manages serveral instruments.
Example: The Imaging Core Facility (ICF) carries multiple instruments (a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) instrument, a Positron emission tomography (PET) instrument, ...) and is therefore considered as a facility in the Helmholtz Imaging CONNECT.
Institute
Definition: The eighteen Centers of the Helmholtz Association.
Example: The DLR is a Helmholtz institute.
Instrument
Definition: Instruments are devices used for making measurements, alone or in conjunction with one or more supplementary devices. A set of instruments belonging to the same platform can be grouped in a facility.
Example: The Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) instrument at the Imaging Core Facility (ICF) is an instrument of that facility.
Modality
Definition: A modality is any imaging technique that utilizes a certain physical mechanism to measure a quantity. This comprises different imaging methods (e.g. ultrasound, light, X-rays, etc.) but also different imaging particularities (e.g. X-ray includes X-ray microtomography, X-ray spectroscopy, etc.).
Example: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an imaging modality, that is for example used for brain cancer detection with the MRI instrument at the Imaging Core Facility (ICF).
Solution
Definition: A solution can be any kind of answer to an imaging challenge. This can be software (scripts/algorithms/pipelines ...), or a dataset of images, but also a whitepaper describing a solution to a recurring imaging challenge.
Example:
Earth-Watch is a software solution developed by Helmholtz Imaging.
About Album Catalogs:
Album is a decentralized distribution platform for solutions to specific scientific problems actively developed by Helmholtz Imaging.
Album can be used to programmatically define how to interoperate between applications.
It can ship versatile applications while tweaking them for a specific target audience or use case.
