Title :
Knowledge representation of traditional Chinese acupuncture points using the UMLS and a terminology model
Author :
Zhu, Xinxin ; Lee, K.P. ; Cimino, James J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
An escalating global interest in traditional Chinese acupuncture (TCA) demands easy use and reuse of the medical knowledge associated with TCA points, which in turn require appropriate knowledge representation of TCA. A proper knowledge representation generally involves enumeration of conceptual symbols and arrangement of these symbols into some meaningful structure. This study uses the unified medical language system (UMLS) as the source of conceptual symbols and proposes a terminology model as the structure to arrange terms. The purpose is to systematically capture and represent appropriate TCA knowledge in practice. The initial terminology model is refined in an iterative process. The resulting terminology model captures and represents key aspects of TCA knowledge through properly designed model attributes and relations.
Keywords :
knowledge representation; medical information systems; knowledge representation; medical knowledge; terminology model; traditional Chinese acupuncture points; unified medical language system; Europe; Knowledge representation; Medical control systems; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Medical treatment; Natural languages; Terminology; Transportation; Unified modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Information Systems: The Digital Hospital (IDEAS-DH'04), 2004 IDEAS Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2289-0
DOI :
10.1109/IDEADH.2004.15