Tools

Tools fields in Ango Annotation Format exports.

The tools object is part of the task object in the Ango Annotation Format. It contains all annotation data pertaining to labels created with tools, e.g. not classifications, relations, or brushes.

Annotations created with the following annotation tools will appear in the tools object:

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General Structure

"tools" : [{
    bounding-box OR rotated-bounding-box OR polygon OR polyline OR segmentation OR ner OR point OR pdf OR spline// object, tool coordinate info
    objectId // string, ID of the object
    schemaId, // string, ID of the labeling tool in the project
    classifications, // list, nested classifications
    title // string, title of the tool
    page // int, page where the object is located (only multi-page, non-video assets)
    medical-brush, // bool, true if the current tool is a medical brush
    },
    { ... }
]

Coordinates in the Ango Annotation Format

This is the coordinate system used when determining the position of points in the Ango export.

The origin point lies at the top left corner, and each point has a (X, Y) coordinate pair determining its position, in pixels, on the image.

Changes in Video Assets

Video assets have a slightly different format for the "tools" property:

We recommend examining a sample export from Ango Hub to better understand how it fits together, such as the following:

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Angle

Property
Type
Description

vertex

List

The 0-indexed coordinates of the slice where the angle vertex is located, in this order: - Coronal - Sagittal - Axial

p1

List

0-indexed coordinates of the slice where one of the two angle extremities is located.

p2

List

0-indexed coordinates of the slice where one of the two angle extremities is located.

angle

Float

Degrees of the angle.

Bounding Box

Property
Type
Description

bounding-box

Object

Object containing details about the bounding box.

x - The X coordinate of the top-left point y - The Y coordinate of the top-left point height - The height, in pixels, of the bounding box width - The width, in pixels, of the bounding box

objectId

String

Object ID of the bounding box. Unique in the asset.

classifications

List

List of nested classifications (if any). May contain further nested classifications in its own classifications property. Each object in the list is of the classification format. See its docs page for more information.

schemaId

String

ID of the class to which the object belongs.

title

String

Name of the class to which the object belongs.

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Circle

Property
Type
Description

circle

List

X, Y coordinates of the points used to create the circle.

Entity

The Entity tool is used in both audio and text to select a portion of the asset.

Audio

Text

Property
Type
Description

pdf

Object

Object containing start/end details about the entity selected.

  • start

    • In text, int, 0-indexed index of the first character in the entity.

    • In audio, float, value in seconds where the entity starts.

  • end

    • In text, int, 0-indexed index of the last character in the entity.

    • In audio, float, value in seconds where the entity stops.

  • selection (text only): Text content of the entity.

objectId

String

Object ID of the entity. Unique in the asset.

classifications

List

List of nested classifications (if any). May contain further nested classifications in its own classifications property. Each object in the list is of the classification format. See its docs page for more information.

schemaId

String

ID of the class to which the object belongs.

title

String

Name of the class to which the object belongs.

PDF

Property
Type
Description

pdf

Object

Object containing coordinate, size, and content details about the PDF area.

  • position: dict, positional information regarding the object

    • boundingRect: dict, positional information regarding the object

      • x1 and y1 X, Y coordinates of the top left point of the PDF area

      • x2 and y2 X, Y coordinates of the bottom right point of the PDF area

    • rects: list, deprecated.

    • pageNumber: int, the number of the PDF page where the object is found. 1-indexed.

  • content: dict, information regarding the content of the object

    • text: string, if OCR was run for the object, the OCR result.

    • confidence: int, range: 0-100, if OCR was run for the object, the confidence in the OCR result as returned by Hub.

objectId

String

Object ID of the PDF area. Unique in the asset.

classifications

List

List of nested classifications (if any). May contain further nested classifications in its own classifications property. Each object in the list is of the classification format. See its docs page for more information.

schemaId

String

ID of the class to which the object belongs.

title

String

Name of the class to which the object belongs.

Point

Property
Type
Description

point

Object

Object containing coordinate details about the point. The X, Y coordinates of the point.

objectId

String

Object ID of the point. Unique in the asset.

classifications

List

List of nested classifications (if any). May contain further nested classifications in its own classifications property. Each object in the list is of the classification format. See its docs page for more information.

schemaId

String

ID of the class to which the object belongs.

title

String

Name of the class to which the object belongs.

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Polygon

Property
Type
Description

polygon

List

List of lists containing X, Y coordinates of each polygon point. List may contain any number of x, y coordinate pairs.

objectId

String

Object ID of the polygon. Unique in the asset.

classifications

List

List of nested classifications (if any). May contain further nested classifications in its own classifications property. Each object in the list is of the classification format. See its docs page for more information.

metadata

Dict

Only appears if the Annotation Metadata toggle has been turned on before export. createdAt: int, Time of creation in Unix epoch time in milliseconds. GMT. createdBy: string, email of user creating the object updatedAt: int, optional. Time of last object update in Unix millisecond epoch time. GMT. Only appears if object has been updated. updatedBy: string, optional. email of user last updating the object. Only appears if object has been updated.

schemaId

String

ID of the class to which the object belongs.

title

String

Name of the class to which the object belongs.

Polyline

Property
Type
Description

polyline

Object

Object containing coordinate details about the points making up the polyline. A list of X, Y coordinates of its points. Points are represented consecutively. The first point in the list is the first point that was clicked when creating the polyline.

objectId

String

Object ID of the polyline. Unique in the asset.

classifications

List

List of nested classifications (if any). May contain further nested classifications in its own classifications property. Each object in the list is of the classification format. See its docs page for more information.

schemaId

String

ID of the class to which the object belongs.

title

String

Name of the class to which the object belongs.

Medical Line Tool

Property
Type
Description

polyline

Object

Object containing coordinate details about the points making up the line. A dict containing 3D coordinates, in pixels, of its points, as well as its length. (Length is only available for lines created or modified after the Ango Hub 3.21 update.)

objectId

String

Object ID of the line. Unique in the asset.

classifications

List

List of nested classifications (if any). May contain further nested classifications in its own classifications property. Each object in the list is of the classification format. See its docs page for more information.

schemaId

String

ID of the class to which the object belongs.

title

String

Name of the class to which the object belongs.

Rotated Bounding Box

Rotated Bounding Box Angles

Property
Type
Description

rotated-bounding-box

Object

Object containing coordinate and dimension details about the rotated bounding box. x - The X coordinate of the origin point (i.e. where the user first clicked) of the rotated bounding box

y - The Y coordinate of the origin point (i.e. where the user first clicked) of the rotated bounding box

width - The width of the rotated bounding box, in pixels

height - the height of the rotated bounding box, in pixels

rotation - the angle of rotation of the rotated bounding box, in degrees. Range: -180|+180

corners - A list of X, Y coordinate pairs pertaining to the location of the four corners of the rotated bounding box.

objectId

String

Object ID of the rotated bounding box. Unique in the asset.

classifications

List

List of nested classifications (if any). May contain further nested classifications in its own classifications property. Each object in the list is of the classification format. See its docs page for more information.

schemaId

String

ID of the class to which the object belongs.

title

String

Name of the class to which the object belongs.

Segmentation

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Metadata for segmentations will not appear even when enabling the Annotation Metadata toggle in the export settings.

Segmentations are composed of instances, zones, regions, and holes.

An instance may contain more than one zone. One zone contains exactly one region. A region can contain more than one hole.

Each of the points composing the segmentation is represented as an X/Y coordinate pair.

Property
Type
Description

segmentation

Object

Object containing details about a segmentation instance. A segmentation instance can be composed of multiple zones. Each zone contains at least one region and may optionally contain a hole, which is always included, coordinate wise, within the region. More details in the segmentation section above.

objectId

String

Object ID of the segmentation instance. Unique in the asset.

classifications

List

List of nested classifications (if any). May contain further nested classifications in its own classifications property. Each object in the list is of the classification format. See its docs page for more information.

schemaId

String

ID of the class to which the object belongs.

title

String

Name of the class to which the object belongs.

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