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A Web Tool for Generating High Quality Machine-readable Biological Pathways
Published on: February 8, 2017
ART-ML - a novel XML format for the biological procedures modeling and the representation of blood flow simulation
E C Karvounis1, V D Tsakanikas, E Fotiou
1Unit of Medical Technology and Intelligent Information Systems, Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, GR 45110, Greece. ekarvuni@cc.uoi.gr
Abstract:
The paper proposes a novel Extensible Markup Language (XML) based format called ART-ML that aims at supporting the interoperability and the reuse of models of blood flow, mass transport and plaque formation, exported by ARTool. ARTool is a platform for the automatic processing of various image modalities of coronary and carotid arteries. The images and their content are fused to develop morphological models of the arteries in easy to handle 3D representations. The platform incorporates efficient algorithms which are able to perform blood flow simulation. In addition atherosclerotic plaque development is estimated taking into account morphological, flow and genetic factors. ART-ML provides a XML format that enables the representation and management of embedded models within the ARTool platform and the storage and interchange of well-defined information. This approach influences in the model creation, model exchange, model reuse and result evaluation.
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