Biomedical term mapping databases

Biomedical term mapping databases

Longer words and phrases are frequently mapped onto a shorter form such as abbreviations or acronyms for efficiency of communication. These abbreviations are pervasive in all aspects of biology and medicine and as the amount of biomedical literature grows, so does the number of abbreviations and the average number of definitions per abbreviation. Even more confusing, different authors will ofte...

Ontology-Driven Mapping of Temporal Data in Biomedical Databases

Biomedical databases contain considerable amounts of time-oriented data, which are not typically in a format suitable for querying complex temporal patterns. We address this problem in implementing Synchronus, a tool for ontology-driven mapping of data from an existing relational database to a database schema with a uniform temporal representation. We discuss the design of Synchronus, which con...

Acquisition of biomedical signals databases.

Biomedical signal databases generally are built for reference purposes. In order to make use of such reference databases, a physiological or medical question first has to be specified. Like in any medical study, hypotheses have to be formulated before setting up a biomedical signal database. The questions posed and the hypotheses formulated naturally lead to the design of a study protocol. The ...

XML Databases and Biomedical Informatics

Semantically Integrating Biomedical Databases to Support Inference

Biomedical data integration currently exists as a “loose federation of bio-nations.” (Goble 2008) While work is being done to integrate data sources it often involves “‘semantic creep’ – timid, piecemeal and ad hoc adoption of parts of standards.” (Good 2006) Linking data across resources is necessary for building integrated systems (e.g. Belleau 2008, Ruttenberg 2009); however, linking the dat...