Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 16.4
Study ontology of a particular public study is shown as implemented in
the Dataset Explorer interface of tranSMART. The hierarchy is standardized at
minimum at the main-node level with terms such as
biomarker data
,
clinical data
,
samples and timepoints
,
study group
, and
subjects
. Some subnodes such as demograph-
ics and medical history are also used across all studies and, where applicable, CDISC
SDTM terminology is implemented.
16.7.2
Search Interface
When designing the search interface, the request from scientists was to model
the system on familiar user paradigms such as the most frequently used search
engine Google. This goal was met by providing scientists with a simple and
intuitive widget which allows the scientists and physicians to quickly retrieve
Search WWH ::
Custom Search