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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +# This file describes entities present in BIDS filenames. |
| 3 | +# WARNING: The entities are presented here in alphabetical order! |
| 4 | +# The appropriate order of entities in filenames is defined in `rules/entities.yaml`, |
| 5 | +# rather than this file (`objects/entities.yaml`). |
| 6 | +acquisition: |
| 7 | + name: Acquisition |
| 8 | + entity: acq |
| 9 | + description: | |
| 10 | + The `acq-<label>` key/value pair corresponds to a custom label the |
| 11 | + user MAY use to distinguish a different set of parameters used for |
| 12 | + acquiring the same modality. |
| 13 | + For example this should be used when a study includes two T1w images - one |
| 14 | + full brain low resolution and one restricted field of view but high |
| 15 | + resolution. |
| 16 | + In such case two files could have the following names: |
| 17 | + `sub-01_acq-highres_T1w.nii.gz` and `sub-01_acq-lowres_T1w.nii.gz`, however |
| 18 | + the user is free to choose any other label than `highres` and `lowres` as long |
| 19 | + as they are consistent across subjects and sessions. |
| 20 | + In case different sequences are used to record the same modality |
| 21 | + (for example, `RARE` and `FLASH` for T1w) |
| 22 | + this field can also be used to make that distinction. |
| 23 | + At what level of detail to make the distinction (for example, |
| 24 | + just between `RARE` and `FLASH`, or between `RARE`, `FLASH`, and `FLASHsubsampled`) |
| 25 | + remains at the discretion of the researcher. |
| 26 | + type: string |
| 27 | + format: label |
| 28 | +ceagent: |
| 29 | + name: Contrast Enhancing Agent |
| 30 | + entity: ce |
| 31 | + description: | |
| 32 | + The `ce-<label>` key/value can be used to distinguish |
| 33 | + sequences using different contrast enhanced images. |
| 34 | + The label is the name of the contrast agent. |
| 35 | + The key `"ContrastBolusIngredient"` MAY also be added in the JSON file, |
| 36 | + with the same label. |
| 37 | + type: string |
| 38 | + format: label |
| 39 | +chunk: |
| 40 | + name: Chunk |
| 41 | + entity: chunk |
| 42 | + description: | |
| 43 | + The `chunk-<index>` key/value pair is used to distinguish between different |
| 44 | + regions, 2D images or 3D volumes files, of the same physical sample with |
| 45 | + different fields of view acquired in the same imaging experiment. |
| 46 | + type: string |
| 47 | + format: index |
| 48 | +density: |
| 49 | + name: Density |
| 50 | + entity: den |
| 51 | + description: | |
| 52 | + Density of non-parametric surfaces. |
| 53 | + MUST have a corresponding `Density` metadata field to provide |
| 54 | + interpretation. |
| 55 | +
|
| 56 | + This entity is only applicable to derivative data. |
| 57 | + type: string |
| 58 | + format: label |
| 59 | +description: |
| 60 | + name: Description |
| 61 | + entity: desc |
| 62 | + description: | |
| 63 | + When necessary to distinguish two files that do not otherwise have a |
| 64 | + distinguishing entity, the `_desc-<label>` keyword-value SHOULD be used. |
| 65 | +
|
| 66 | + This entity is only applicable to derivative data. |
| 67 | + type: string |
| 68 | + format: label |
| 69 | +direction: |
| 70 | + name: Phase-Encoding Direction |
| 71 | + entity: dir |
| 72 | + description: | |
| 73 | + The `dir-<label>` key/value can be set to an arbitrary alphanumeric label |
| 74 | + (for example, `dir-LR` or `dir-AP`) to distinguish different phase-encoding |
| 75 | + directions. |
| 76 | + type: string |
| 77 | + format: label |
| 78 | +echo: |
| 79 | + name: Echo |
| 80 | + entity: echo |
| 81 | + description: | |
| 82 | + If files belonging to an entity-linked file collection are acquired at different |
| 83 | + echo times, the `_echo-<index>` key/value pair MUST be used to distinguish |
| 84 | + individual files. |
| 85 | + This entity represents the `"EchoTime"` metadata field. Please note that the `<index>` |
| 86 | + denotes the number/index (in the form of a nonnegative integer), not the |
| 87 | + `"EchoTime"` value which needs to be stored in the field `"EchoTime"` of the separate |
| 88 | + JSON file. |
| 89 | + type: string |
| 90 | + format: index |
| 91 | +flip: |
| 92 | + name: Flip Angle |
| 93 | + entity: flip |
| 94 | + description: | |
| 95 | + If files belonging to an entity-linked file collection are acquired at different |
| 96 | + flip angles, the `_flip-<index>` key/value pair MUST be used to distinguish |
| 97 | + individual files. |
| 98 | + This entity represents the `"FlipAngle"` metadata field. Please note that the `<index>` |
| 99 | + denotes the number/index (in the form of a nonnegative integer), not the `"FlipAngle"` |
| 100 | + value which needs to be stored in the field `"FlipAngle"` of the separate JSON file. |
| 101 | + type: string |
| 102 | + format: index |
| 103 | +hemisphere: |
| 104 | + name: Hemisphere |
| 105 | + entity: hemi |
| 106 | + description: | |
| 107 | + The `hemi-<label>` entity indicates which hemibrain is described by the file. |
| 108 | + Allowed label values for this entity are `L` and `R`, for the left and right |
| 109 | + hemibrains, respectively. |
| 110 | + type: string |
| 111 | + format: label |
| 112 | + enum: |
| 113 | + - "L" |
| 114 | + - "R" |
| 115 | +inversion: |
| 116 | + name: Inversion Time |
| 117 | + entity: inv |
| 118 | + description: | |
| 119 | + If files belonging to an entity-linked file collection are acquired at different |
| 120 | + inversion times, the `_inv-<index>` key/value pair MUST be used to distinguish |
| 121 | + individual files. |
| 122 | + This entity represents the `"InversionTime` metadata field. Please note that the `<index>` |
| 123 | + denotes the number/index (in the form of a nonnegative integer), not the `"InversionTime"` |
| 124 | + value which needs to be stored in the field `"InversionTime"` of the separate JSON file. |
| 125 | + type: string |
| 126 | + format: index |
| 127 | +label: |
| 128 | + name: Label |
| 129 | + entity: label |
| 130 | + description: | |
| 131 | + Tissue-type label, following a prescribed vocabulary. |
| 132 | + Applies to binary masks and probabilistic/partial volume segmentations |
| 133 | + that describe a single tissue type. |
| 134 | +
|
| 135 | + This entity is only applicable to derivative data. |
| 136 | + type: string |
| 137 | + format: label |
| 138 | +modality: |
| 139 | + name: Corresponding Modality |
| 140 | + entity: mod |
| 141 | + description: | |
| 142 | + The `mod-<label>` key/value pair corresponds to modality label for defacing |
| 143 | + masks, for example, T1w, inplaneT1, referenced by a defacemask image. |
| 144 | + For example, `sub-01_mod-T1w_defacemask.nii.gz`. |
| 145 | + type: string |
| 146 | + format: label |
| 147 | +mtransfer: |
| 148 | + name: Magnetization Transfer |
| 149 | + entity: mt |
| 150 | + description: | |
| 151 | + If files belonging to an entity-linked file collection are acquired at different |
| 152 | + magnetization transfer (MT) states, the `_mt-<label>` key/value pair MUST be used to |
| 153 | + distinguish individual files. |
| 154 | + This entity represents the `"MTState"` metadata field. Allowed label values for this |
| 155 | + entity are `on` and `off`, for images acquired in presence and absence of an MT pulse, |
| 156 | + respectively. |
| 157 | + type: string |
| 158 | + enum: |
| 159 | + - "on" |
| 160 | + - "off" |
| 161 | +part: |
| 162 | + name: Part |
| 163 | + entity: part |
| 164 | + description: | |
| 165 | + This entity is used to indicate which component of the complex |
| 166 | + representation of the MRI signal is represented in voxel data. |
| 167 | + The `part-<label>` key/value pair is associated with the DICOM Tag |
| 168 | + `0008, 9208`. |
| 169 | + Allowed label values for this entity are `phase`, `mag`, `real` and `imag`, |
| 170 | + which are typically used in `part-mag`/`part-phase` or |
| 171 | + `part-real`/`part-imag` pairs of files. |
| 172 | +
|
| 173 | + Phase images MAY be in radians or in arbitrary units. |
| 174 | + The sidecar JSON file MUST include the units of the `phase` image. |
| 175 | + The possible options are `"rad"` or `"arbitrary"`. |
| 176 | +
|
| 177 | + When there is only a magnitude image of a given type, the `part` key MAY be |
| 178 | + omitted. |
| 179 | + type: string |
| 180 | + enum: |
| 181 | + - mag |
| 182 | + - phase |
| 183 | + - real |
| 184 | + - imag |
| 185 | +processing: |
| 186 | + name: Processed (on device) |
| 187 | + entity: proc |
| 188 | + description: | |
| 189 | + The proc label is analogous to rec for MR and denotes a variant of |
| 190 | + a file that was a result of particular processing performed on the device. |
| 191 | +
|
| 192 | + This is useful for files produced in particular by Elekta's MaxFilter |
| 193 | + (for example, `sss`, `tsss`, `trans`, `quat` or `mc`), |
| 194 | + which some installations impose to be run on raw data because of active |
| 195 | + shielding software corrections before the MEG data can actually be |
| 196 | + exploited. |
| 197 | + type: string |
| 198 | + format: label |
| 199 | +reconstruction: |
| 200 | + name: Reconstruction |
| 201 | + entity: rec |
| 202 | + description: | |
| 203 | + The `rec-<label>` key/value can be used to distinguish |
| 204 | + different reconstruction algorithms (for example `MoCo` for the ones using motion |
| 205 | + correction). |
| 206 | + type: string |
| 207 | + format: label |
| 208 | +recording: |
| 209 | + name: Recording |
| 210 | + entity: recording |
| 211 | + description: | |
| 212 | + More than one continuous recording file can be included (with different |
| 213 | + sampling frequencies). |
| 214 | + In such case use different labels. |
| 215 | + For example: `_recording-contrast`, `_recording-saturation`. |
| 216 | + type: string |
| 217 | + format: label |
| 218 | +resolution: |
| 219 | + name: Resolution |
| 220 | + entity: res |
| 221 | + description: | |
| 222 | + Resolution of regularly sampled N-dimensional data. |
| 223 | + MUST have a corresponding `"Resolution"` metadata field to provide |
| 224 | + interpretation. |
| 225 | +
|
| 226 | + This entity is only applicable to derivative data. |
| 227 | + type: string |
| 228 | + format: label |
| 229 | +run: |
| 230 | + name: Run |
| 231 | + entity: run |
| 232 | + description: | |
| 233 | + If several scans with the same acquisition parameters are acquired in the same session, |
| 234 | + they MUST be indexed with the [`run-<index>`](../99-appendices/09-entities.md#run) entity: |
| 235 | + `_run-1`, `_run-2`, `_run-3`, and so on (only nonnegative integers are allowed as |
| 236 | + run labels). |
| 237 | +
|
| 238 | + If different entities apply, |
| 239 | + such as a different session indicated by [`ses-<label>`](../99-appendices/09-entities.md#ses), |
| 240 | + or different acquisition parameters indicated by |
| 241 | + [`acq-<label>`](../99-appendices/09-entities.md#acq), |
| 242 | + then `run` is not needed to distinguish the scans and MAY be omitted. |
| 243 | + type: string |
| 244 | + format: index |
| 245 | +sample: |
| 246 | + name: Sample |
| 247 | + entity: sample |
| 248 | + description: | |
| 249 | + A sample pertaining to a subject such as tissue, primary cell |
| 250 | + or cell-free sample. |
| 251 | + The `sample-<label>` key/value pair is used to distinguish between different |
| 252 | + samples from the same subject. |
| 253 | + The label MUST be unique per subject and is RECOMMENDED to be unique |
| 254 | + throughout the dataset. |
| 255 | + type: string |
| 256 | + format: label |
| 257 | +session: |
| 258 | + name: Session |
| 259 | + entity: ses |
| 260 | + description: | |
| 261 | + A logical grouping of neuroimaging and behavioral data consistent across |
| 262 | + subjects. |
| 263 | + Session can (but doesn't have to) be synonymous to a visit in a |
| 264 | + longitudinal study. |
| 265 | + In general, subjects will stay in the scanner during one session. |
| 266 | + However, for example, if a subject has to leave the scanner room and then |
| 267 | + be re-positioned on the scanner bed, the set of MRI acquisitions will still |
| 268 | + be considered as a session and match sessions acquired in other subjects. |
| 269 | + Similarly, in situations where different data types are obtained over |
| 270 | + several visits (for example fMRI on one day followed by DWI the day after) |
| 271 | + those can be grouped in one session. |
| 272 | + Defining multiple sessions is appropriate when several identical or similar |
| 273 | + data acquisitions are planned and performed on all -or most- subjects, |
| 274 | + often in the case of some intervention between sessions |
| 275 | + (for example, training). |
| 276 | + type: string |
| 277 | + format: label |
| 278 | +space: |
| 279 | + name: Space |
| 280 | + entity: space |
| 281 | + description: | |
| 282 | + The space entity can be used to indicate |
| 283 | + the way in which electrode positions are interpreted |
| 284 | + (for EEG/MEG/iEEG data) or |
| 285 | + the spatial reference to which a file has been aligned (for MRI data). |
| 286 | + The space `<label>` MUST be taken from one of the modality specific lists in |
| 287 | + [Appendix VIII](../99-appendices/08-coordinate-systems.md). |
| 288 | + For example for iEEG data, the restricted keywords listed under |
| 289 | + [iEEG Specific Coordinate Systems](../99-appendices/08-coordinate-systems.md#ieeg-specific-coordinate-systems) |
| 290 | + are acceptable for `<label>`. |
| 291 | +
|
| 292 | + For EEG/MEG/iEEG data, this entity can be applied to raw data, but |
| 293 | + for other data types, it is restricted to derivative data. |
| 294 | + type: string |
| 295 | + format: label |
| 296 | +split: |
| 297 | + name: Split |
| 298 | + entity: split |
| 299 | + description: | |
| 300 | + In the case of long data recordings that exceed a file size of 2Gb, the |
| 301 | + .fif files are conventionally split into multiple parts. |
| 302 | + Each of these files has an internal pointer to the next file. |
| 303 | + This is important when renaming these split recordings to the BIDS |
| 304 | + convention. |
| 305 | +
|
| 306 | + Instead of a simple renaming, files should be read in and saved under their |
| 307 | + new names with dedicated tools like [MNE-Python](https://mne.tools/), |
| 308 | + which will ensure that not only the file names, but also the internal file |
| 309 | + pointers will be updated. |
| 310 | + It is RECOMMENDED that .fif files with multiple parts use the |
| 311 | + `split-<index>` entity to indicate each part. |
| 312 | + If there are multiple parts of a recording and the optional `scans.tsv` is provided, |
| 313 | + remember to list all files separately in `scans.tsv` and that the entries for the |
| 314 | + `acq_time` column in `scans.tsv` MUST all be identical, as described in |
| 315 | + [Scans file](../03-modality-agnostic-files.md#scans-file). |
| 316 | + type: string |
| 317 | + format: index |
| 318 | +stain: |
| 319 | + name: Stain |
| 320 | + entity: stain |
| 321 | + description: | |
| 322 | + The `stain-<label>` key/pair values can be used to distinguish image files |
| 323 | + from the same sample using different stains or antibodies for contrast enhancement. |
| 324 | + Stains SHOULD be indicated in the `"SampleStaining"` key in the sidecar JSON file, |
| 325 | + although the label may be different. |
| 326 | + Description of antibodies SHOULD also be indicated in `"SamplePrimaryAntibodies"` |
| 327 | + and/or `"SampleSecondaryAntobodies"` as appropriate. |
| 328 | + type: string |
| 329 | + format: label |
| 330 | +subject: |
| 331 | + name: Subject |
| 332 | + entity: sub |
| 333 | + description: | |
| 334 | + A person or animal participating in the study. |
| 335 | + type: string |
| 336 | + format: label |
| 337 | +task: |
| 338 | + name: Task |
| 339 | + entity: task |
| 340 | + description: | |
| 341 | + Each task has a unique label that MUST only consist of letters and/or |
| 342 | + numbers (other characters, including spaces and underscores, are not |
| 343 | + allowed). |
| 344 | + Those labels MUST be consistent across subjects and sessions. |
| 345 | + type: string |
| 346 | + format: label |
| 347 | +tracer: |
| 348 | + name: Tracer |
| 349 | + entity: trc |
| 350 | + description: | |
| 351 | + The `trc-<label>` key/value can be used to distinguish |
| 352 | + sequences using different tracers. |
| 353 | + The key `"TracerName"` MUST also be included in the associated JSON file, |
| 354 | + although the label may be different. |
| 355 | + type: string |
| 356 | + format: label |
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