System and Method for Processing Radiological Information Utilizing Radiological Domain Ontology
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1. A method in a computing environment for consulting and providing response information from, a radiological domain ontology in reference to a subject, the method comprising:
- defining one or more aspects of radiology functions as concept properties represented by a vocabulary of one or more instances of said radiological domain ontology, said radiological domain ontology declaring and fulfilling a model of radiological domain knowledge;
wherein said model of radiological domain knowledge comprises;
one or more findings;
one or more finding characteristics; and
object properties, wherein said object properties represent relationships among said findings and finding characteristics;
providing an informational item of interest that relates to said subject;
employing a context that defines a set of said domain knowledge and the relationships among said set of domain knowledge to describe said subject;
validating said informational item is radiological and resides in said domain of knowledge;
identifying definitive concept of said informational item from within said domain of knowledge; and
classifying said informational item.
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The present invention is directed in general to a system and method that employs radiological domain ontology to specify and model radiological information as knowledge. A system and method are provided that allow for consulting the ontology in the context of the model that the ontology fulfills. The result of consulting the ontology is validated, identified and classified radiological information that is based on information provided in the consultation.
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1. A method in a computing environment for consulting and providing response information from, a radiological domain ontology in reference to a subject, the method comprising:
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defining one or more aspects of radiology functions as concept properties represented by a vocabulary of one or more instances of said radiological domain ontology, said radiological domain ontology declaring and fulfilling a model of radiological domain knowledge; wherein said model of radiological domain knowledge comprises; one or more findings; one or more finding characteristics; and object properties, wherein said object properties represent relationships among said findings and finding characteristics; providing an informational item of interest that relates to said subject; employing a context that defines a set of said domain knowledge and the relationships among said set of domain knowledge to describe said subject; validating said informational item is radiological and resides in said domain of knowledge; identifying definitive concept of said informational item from within said domain of knowledge; and classifying said informational item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method in a computing environment for identifying, validating and classifying one or more radiological informational items, utilizing a radiological domain ontology in reference to a subject, the method comprising:
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defining one or more aspects of radiological functions as concept properties represented by a vocabulary of one or more instances of said radiological domain ontology, said radiological domain ontology declaring and fulfilling a model of radiological domain knowledge; receiving an informational item of interest that relates to said subject; wherein said domain knowledge comprises; a plurality of findings; a plurality of finding characteristics; and object properties, wherein said object properties represent relationships among said plurality findings and said plurality of finding characteristics; employing a context that defines a set of said domain knowledge and the relationships among said set of domain knowledge to describe said subject; wherein said validating determines that said informational item is radiological and resides in said domain knowledge; wherein said identifying determines a definitive concept of said informational item from within said domain knowledge; and wherein classifying said informational item determines that said informational item is one of said plurality of findings or one of said plurality of finding characteristics.
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12. A computing system for identifying, validating and classifying one or more radiological informational items, utilizing a radiological domain ontology in reference to a subject comprising:
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a definition of one or more aspects of radiology functions as concept properties represented by a vocabulary of one or more instances of said radiological domain ontology, said radiological domain ontology declaring and fulfilling a model of radiological domain knowledge; means for receiving an informational item of interest that relates to said subject; a context that defines a set of said domain knowledge and the relationships among said set of domain knowledge to describe said subject; a validation module to determine that said informational item is radiological and resides in said domain knowledge; an identification module to determine a definitive concept of said informational item from within said domain knowledge; and a classification module for determining that an information item is a finding or a finding characteristic, within said domain knowledge; wherein said domain knowledge comprises; one or more findings; one or more finding characteristics; and object properties, wherein said object properties represent relationships among said findings and finding characteristics.
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