Onto-mama: An ontology of the female breast anatomy applicable to a virtual learning environment

The ontology has been widely used in knowledge management, either with a view to defining and organizing concepts in order to preserve it for future generations or to allow for a more efficient processing of information by computers. This paper presents the elaboration process of an ontology to describe the anatomy of the female breast to be used in a virtual reality environment containing an intelligent tutor system that will eventually be able to assist learners in the practice of core needle biopsy.