Biomedical ontologies and grid computing

Giulio Napoiitano; Alejandra Gonzalez Beltran; Colin Fox; Adele Marshall; Anthony Finkelstein; Peter McCarron

Biomedical ontologies and grid computing

Giulio Napoiitano^*
, Alejandra Gonzalez Beltran
, Colin Fox
, Adele Marshall
, Anthony Finkelstein
, Peter McCarron

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Cancer registry information systems need to deal with several data sets annotated with different coding systems. Designing, maintaining and linking these datasets involves dealing with semantic issues, tackling the shortcomings exhibited by coding systems as well as considering an appropriate computing infrastructure. We argue that biomedical ontologies and a Grid service infrastructure, together with a clear separation between semantic and coding models, can prove beneficial to cancer registries in terms of accuracy of knowledge modelling, interoperability and knowledge sharing with other registries and related data sources, automation of information retrieval. A real-life example is illustrated and a brief review of related projects is provided. We conclude that a formal semantic layer, which is the basis of large scale meaning-oriented projects such as the Semantic Web, is the key to the provision of a uniform, science-based view across cancer registries and related systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HEALTHINF 2009 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Health Informatics
Pages	512-517
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 21 Jul 2009
Event	2nd International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2009 - Porto, Portugal Duration: 14 Jan 2009 → 17 Jan 2009

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Name	HEALTHINF 2009 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Health Informatics

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Conference	2nd International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2009
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Porto
Period	14/01/2009 → 17/01/2009

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Biomedical grid systems
Cancer registries
Ontologies
Semantic web

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Biomedical Engineering
Health Informatics
Health Information Management

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Napoiitano, G, Gonzalez Beltran, A, Fox, C, Marshall, A, Finkelstein, A & McCarron, P 2009, Biomedical ontologies and grid computing. in HEALTHINF 2009 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Health Informatics. HEALTHINF 2009 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Health Informatics, pp. 512-517, 2nd International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2009, Porto, Portugal, 14/01/2009.

Biomedical ontologies and grid computing. / Napoiitano, Giulio; Gonzalez Beltran, Alejandra; Fox, Colin et al.
HEALTHINF 2009 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Health Informatics. 2009. p. 512-517 (HEALTHINF 2009 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Health Informatics).

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