Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Fig. 13.10
The various subdomains integrated in the UMLS (Courtesy U.S. National Library of
Medicine) [
21
]
MedDRA [
24
], and SNOMED Clinical Terms. It also contains Concept Unique
Identifiers (CUIs), which are used to create a unique reference for resources rep-
resented in the different ontologies, treating them as a single resource.
•
The Semantic Network, which defines 133 broad categories and 54 relationships
between categories for labeling the biomedical domain.
•
The SPECIALIST Lexicon and Lexical Tools, which provide lexical information
and programs for language processing.
With such tools, UMLS permits to integrate and distribute key terminology [
25
],
classification and coding standards in biomedicine, to manage resources in order to
promote the creation of effective and interoperable biomedical information systems
and services, and to coordinate patient care among several departments within a
hospital.
13.3.6 My Corporis Fabrica
My Corporis Fabrica (MyCF) [
26
] focuses on the formalization of anatomical knowl-
edge and suggests its computational representation for anatomy modeling. The main
objective is to combine knowledge systems with 3D technologies. It provides a
framework to manage the connections between abstract anatomic concepts and
actual patients and to produce realistic physical models through virtual representa-
tions of the human body (see Fig.
13.11
). Its main contribution is to create and store
