Title :
A conceptual model of diagnostic findings in echocardiography
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Med. Inf., Univ. Hosp., Linkoping, Sweden
Abstract :
Formalises the domain of echocardiography in a conceptual model. A model of the investigation is outlined, including important entities, actors and flow of information. Based on such a consistent view of the investigation, a model of echocardiographic findings is proposed. Such a model can be used to structure computerised representations of findings and eventually to support, for example, harmonisation of databases, structured data entry, controlled language generation and natural language understanding
Keywords :
echocardiography; medical diagnostic computing; medical information systems; natural languages; computerised representations; conceptual model; controlled language generation; database harmonisation; diagnostic findings; echocardiography; information flow; natural language understanding; structured data entry; Biomedical informatics; Databases; Echocardiography; Hospitals; Humans; Laboratories; Medical diagnostic imaging; Natural languages; Physiology; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Cardiology 1997
Conference_Location :
Lund
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4445-6
DOI :
10.1109/CIC.1997.648130
