The ACGT Master Ontology on Cancer – A New Terminology Source for Oncological Practice

Author

Brochhausen, Mathias ; Weiler, Gabriele ; Cocos, Cristian ; Stenzhorn, Holger ; Graf, Norbert ; Dorr, Michael ; Tsiknakis, Manolis

Author_Institution

Inst. of Formal Ontology & Med. Inf. Sci., Saarland Univ., Saarbrucken

fYear

2008

fDate

17-19 June 2008

Firstpage

324

Lastpage

329

Abstract

We present a new source of terminology for transnational data exchange in oncology, emphasizing the integration of both clinical and molecular data. In order to achieve best results in semantic interoperability, the ACGT project provides an ontology on cancer research and management. Besides examining pre-existing sources of terminology, were view methods of ontology development, and present best practices to be employed in the development of the ACGT Master Ontology. The clinical trial management system that is currently developed within ACGT constitutes a central use of the ontology at this point.

Keywords

cancer; medical computing; ontologies (artificial intelligence); ACGT master ontology; cancer; clinical trial management system; oncology; semantic interoperability; transnational data exchange; Biomedical computing; Cancer; Clinical trials; Computer science; Data analysis; Information science; Oncology; Ontologies; Project management; Terminology; Cancer Management; Ontology; Terminology Resource;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2008. CBMS '08. 21st IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Jyvaskyla

ISSN

1063-7125

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3165-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CBMS.2008.17

Filename

4562011