Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Mapping various information sources to a semantic network.

Wen Ruan1, Thomas Buerkle, Joachim W Dudeck

  • 1TextWise Labs, 401 South Salina Street, Syracuse, NY 13202, USA. wen@textwise.com

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|September 14, 2004
PubMed
Summary

The Giessen Data Dictionary Server (GDDS) integrates diverse clinical data by navigating a medical knowledge semantic network. This study successfully mapped drug information and organized medical literature for scalable, context-sensitive clinical applications.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Development of a Noninvasive Prediction Score for Post-Capillary Pulmonary Hypertension in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Population.

JACC. Asia·2026
Same author

Performance of Risk-Stratification Scores for Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Population.

Pulmonary circulation·2024
Same author

Intravenous epoprostenol therapy in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in Singapore.

Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore·2024
Same author

Exploring the CO<sub>2</sub> Electrocatalysis Potential of 2D Metal-Organic Transition Metal-Hexahydroxytriquinoline Frameworks: A DFT Investigation.

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)·2024
Same author

Outcomes of selexipag for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in an Asian population.

Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore·2024
Same author

Density Functional Study of Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction in Fourth-Period Transition Metal-Tetrahydroxyquinone Organic Framework.

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)·2024

Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Knowledge Representation
  • Clinical Data Management

Background:

  • Integrating disparate clinical data into a unified system is challenging due to varied data structures.
  • Existing systems struggle to incorporate large volumes of unstructured medical literature effectively.
  • Scalability and organization of diverse information sources are critical for clinical applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a method for integrating semi-structured and unstructured medical information sources into the Giessen Data Dictionary Server (GDDS).
  • To demonstrate the feasibility of organizing large-scale medical literature within a semantic network framework.
  • To enhance context-sensitive information services for clinical applications.

Main Methods:

  • Developed independent subnets for two drug information sources and linked them within the semantic network.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Utilized the Unified Medical Language Systems (UMLS) semantic network for organizing medical literature.
  • Employed human-assigned topics to structure documents within the GDDS framework.

    • Main Results:

    • Successfully mapped two distinct drug information sources by creating interconnected subnets.
    • Demonstrated a scalable approach to organize vast amounts of medical literature using semantic networks and topic assignments.
    • Facilitated context-sensitive information retrieval for clinical applications.

    Conclusions:

    • The GDDS semantic network provides a robust framework for integrating diverse medical information.
    • The proposed methods enable scalable organization and retrieval of both semi-structured and unstructured medical data.
    • This approach enhances the utility of clinical information systems by providing context-sensitive services.