Semantic web components based on description logic using the galen medical terminology: building blocks for knowledge bases and decision support systems in medicine

• Grant number: 99/04291-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: September 14, 1999
• End date: September 13, 2000
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Marcio Biczyk Do Amaral
• Grantee: Marcio Biczyk Do Amaral
• Host Investigator: Alan L. Rector
• Host Institution: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (HCFMUSP). Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Manchester, England

Abstract

In this project we apply Description Logic (DL) modeling tools to reconstruct part of the GALEN Medical Terminology. Our objective is to explore the power of DL to construct a set of medical objects for multiple purposes based on linguistic knowledge and logical relations. A sub area of Medicine is selected (hypertensive disease) and we build 'knowledge pieces'. Our research hypothesis is that the representation of medical knowledge using Description Logic can be used by Object-Oriented methods and technologies in order to implement 'semantic web components'. Those components are then stored into a web server containing medical objects for multiple use, including the construction of a DSS. (AU)