Title
Automatic classification of cancer tumors using image annotations and ontologies
Date Issued
24 July 2015
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
University of São Paulo
Publisher(s)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Abstract
Information about cancer stage in a patient is crucial when clinicians assess treatment progress. Determining cancer stage is a process that takes into account the description, location, characteristics and possible metastasis of cancerous tumors in a patient. It should follow classification standards, such as TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors. However, in clinical practice, the implementation of this process can be tedious and error-prone and create uncertainty. In order to alleviate these problems, we intend to assist radiologists by providing a second opinion in the evaluation of cancer stage in patients. For doing this, Semantic Web technologies, such as ontologies and reasoning, will be used to automatically classify cancer stages. This classification will use semantic annotations, made by radiologists (using the ePAD tool) and stored in the AIM format, and rules of an ontology representing the TNM standard. The whole process will be validated through a proof of concept with users from the Radiology Dept. of the Stanford University.
Start page
368
End page
369
Volume
2015-July
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la computación
Tecnologías que implican la manipulación de células, tejidos, órganos o todo el organismo
Biotecnología relacionada con la salud
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84944198135
ISBN
9781467367752
Source
Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
Resource of which it is part
Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
ISSN of the container
10637125
ISBN of the container
978-146736775-2
Conference
Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
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