Referent tracking for treatment optimisation in schizophrenic patients: A case study in applying philosophical ontology to diagnostic algorithms

Web Semantics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-236

  Ceusters, Werner ^a,b   Smith, Barry ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated decision support; Basic Formal Ontology; Electronic health record; IPAP; Realist ontology; Referent tracking; Schizophrenia Algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG PRODUCTS; SEMANTICS; WEBSITES;

AUTOMATED DECISION SUPPORT; BASIC FORMAL ONTOLOGY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; REALIST ONTOLOGY; REFERENT TRACKING; SCHIZOPHRENIA ALGORITHMS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

EID: 33748312094     PISSN: 15708268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.websem.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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