A reference ontology for biomedical informatics: The Foundational Model of Anatomy

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 478-500

  Rosse, Cornelius ^a   Mejino Jr , José L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Bioinformatics; Biomedical informatics; Developmental biology; Embryology; Knowledge representation; Mereotopology; Ontology; UMLS

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0842283371     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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