An ontological theory of the electrocardiogram with applications

Página do item simplificado
dc.contributor.advisor-co1Guizzardi, Giancarlo
dc.contributor.advisor1Pereira Filho, José Gonçalves
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Bernardo
dc.contributor.referee1Fonseca, Frederico
dc.contributor.referee2Almeida, João Paulo Andrade
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-23T14:33:46Z
dc.date.available2012-01-13
dc.date.available2016-12-23T14:33:46Z
dc.date.issued2009-05-13
dc.description.abstractThe fields of Medical- and Bio-informatics are bearing witness of the application of the discipline of Formal Ontology to the representation of biomedical entities and (re-)organization of medical terminologies also in view of advancing electronic health records (EHR). In this context, the electrocardiogram (ECG) defines one of the prominent kinds of biomedical data. As a vital sign, it is an important piece in the composition of the EHR of today, as likely in the EHR of the future. This thesis introduces an ontological analysis of the ECG grounded in the Unified Foundational Ontology (UFO) and axiomatized in First-Order Logic (FOL). With the goal of investigating the phenomena underlying this cardiological exam, we deal with the sub-domains of human heart electrophysiology and anatomy. We then outline an ECG ontology meant to represent what the ECG is on both sides of the patient and of the physician. The ontology is implemented in the semantic web technology OWL with its SWRL extension. The ECG Ontology makes use of basic relations standardized in the OBO Relation Ontology for the biomedical domain. In addition, it takes inspiration in the Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA) and applies the Ontology of Functions (OF). Besides the ECG ontological theory itself, two applications of the ECG Ontology are also presented here. The first one is concerned with the off-line integration of ECG data standards, a relevant endeavor for the progress of Medical Informatics. The second one in turn comprises a reasoning-based web system that can be used to offer support for interactive learning in electrocardiography / heart electrophysiology. Overall, we also reflect on the ECG Ontology as well as on its two applications to provide evidence for benefits achieved with the employment of methodological principles - in terms of both ontological foundations and ontology engineering - in building a domain ontology.eng
dc.description.resumoResumo
dc.description.sponsorshipCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
dc.formatText
dc.identifier.citationGONÇALVES, Bernardo. An ontological theory of the electrocardiogram with applications. 2009. 150 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Informática) - Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Centro Tecnológico, Vitória, 2009.
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/6409
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidade Federal do Espírito Santo
dc.publisher.countryBR
dc.publisher.courseMestrado em Informática
dc.publisher.departmentCentro Tecnológico
dc.publisher.initialsUFES
dc.publisher.programPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Informática
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subject.br-rjbnOntologia
dc.subject.br-rjbnInformática na medicina
dc.subject.br-rjbnModelagem de dados
dc.subject.br-rjbnInteligência artificial
dc.subject.cnpqCiência da Computação
dc.subject.udc004
dc.titleAn ontological theory of the electrocardiogram with applications
dc.typemasterThesis
frapo.hasFundingAgencyCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Arquivos
Pacote Original
Agora exibindo 1 - 1 de 1
Imagem de Miniatura
Nome:
Dissertacao de Bernardo Nunes Goncalves.pdf
Tamanho:
2.84 MB
Formato:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Descrição:
Baixar
Coleções
Mestrado em Informática