Using an ECG reference ontology for semantic interoperability of ECG data

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-136

  Gonçalves, Bernardo ^a   Guizzardi, Giancarlo ^a   Pereira Filho, José G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomedical Ontology; ECG Ontology; ECG standardization; Electronic Health Record (EHR); Semantic interoperability

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ONTOLOGIES; ECG ONTOLOGY; ECG STANDARDIZATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH; INTEROPERABILITY; ONTOLOGY; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS; STANDARDIZATION;

ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART CYCLE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SEMANTICS; STANDARDIZATION;

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 79952016551     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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