ORMIR-MIDS#

Standardizing the Organization of Musculoskeletal Imaging Data



ORMIR-MIDS data structure

What is ORMIR-MIDS?#

Musculoskeletal (MSK) imaging data can be structured in various ways, depending on institutional, group, or personal preferences.

Having a standardized data structure is highly desirable to facilitate data sharing and to provide a common interface for processing and analysis software to read and write data in an interoperable way

Currently, there is no defined standard on how the MSK imaging data should be structured.

Inspired by the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) tools, the ORMIR community is creating ORMIR-MIDS to structure MSK imaging data

ORMIR-MIDS includes two aspects:

How to organize MSK medical images and corresponding clinical information

To transform MSK imaging data into a standard structure


Why is ORMIR-MIDS important for MSK computational tools?#

We want to have a uniform interface for software tools for MSK image processing and analysis.
Ideally, each tool will have a command-line interface with the following syntax:

msk_software_tool <patient_folder>

where patient_folder is the location of the root (or parent) folder containing the acquired data, structured according to the ORMIR-MIDS standard specification

The MSK tools should also output data in the correct format in the same folder structure


How do I cite ORMIR-MIDS?

Thank you for citing ORMIR-MIDS! Here is our publication:

S. Bonaretti, M. A. Espinosa Hernandez, F. Chiumento, Y. Founas, M. Froeling, J. Hirvasniemi, G. Iori, Y. Lee, S. Matuschik, M. Monzon, F. Santini, D. Cameron. ORMIR-MIDS: An open standard for curating and sharing musculoskeletal imaging data. 24th International Workshop on Quantitative Musculoskeletal Imaging (QMSKI). The Barossa Valley, South Australia. November 3-8, 2024.