CONTEXT-DRIVEN ONTOLOGICAL ANNOTATIONS IN DICOM IMAGES - Towards Semantic PACS

Manuel Möller, Saikat Mukherjee

2009

Abstract

The enormous volume of medical images and the complexity of clinical information systems make searching for relevant images a challenging task. We describe techniques for annotating and searching medical images using ontological semantic concepts. In contrast to extant multimedia semantic annotation work, our technique uses the context from mappings between multiple ontologies to constrain the semantic space and quickly identify relevant concepts. We have implemented a system using the FMA and RadLex anatomical ontologies, the ICD disease taxonomy, and have coupled the techniques with the DICOM standard for easy deployment in current PAC environments. Preliminary quantitative and qualitative experiments validate the effectiveness of the techniques.

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Möller M. and Mukherjee S. (2009). CONTEXT-DRIVEN ONTOLOGICAL ANNOTATIONS IN DICOM IMAGES - Towards Semantic PACS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-63-0, pages 294-299. DOI: 10.5220/0001550202940299


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@conference{healthinf09,
author={Manuel Möller and Saikat Mukherjee},
title={CONTEXT-DRIVEN ONTOLOGICAL ANNOTATIONS IN DICOM IMAGES - Towards Semantic PACS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={294-299},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001550202940299},
isbn={978-989-8111-63-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2009)
TI - CONTEXT-DRIVEN ONTOLOGICAL ANNOTATIONS IN DICOM IMAGES - Towards Semantic PACS
SN - 978-989-8111-63-0
AU - Möller M.
AU - Mukherjee S.
PY - 2009
SP - 294
EP - 299
DO - 10.5220/0001550202940299