The Challenges of Representing Anatomical Spatial Relations

C. Rosse

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1627050

Methods of Information in Medicine, Table of Contents

Methods Inf Med 2012; 51(06): 457-462
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1627050

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The Challenges of Representing Anatomical Spatial Relations

C. Rosse

¹Structural Informatics Group, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

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Keywords

Spatial relations - anatomy - query processing - ontologies - semantic web

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