The radiation oncology ontology (ROO): Publishing linked data in radiation oncology using semantic web and ontology techniques.

Journal: Medical physics
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Personalized medicine is expected to yield improved health outcomes. Data mining over massive volumes of patients' clinical data is an appealing, low-cost and noninvasive approach toward personalization. Machine learning algorithms could be trained over clinical "big data" to build prediction models for personalized therapy. To reach this goal, a scalable "big data" architecture for the medical domain becomes essential, based on data standardization to transform clinical data into FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) data. Using Ontologies and Semantic Web technologies, we attempt to reach mentioned goal.

Authors

  • Alberto Traverso
    Maastricht University Medical Centre, Netherlands.
  • Johan van Soest
    Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO Clinic), Dr. Tanslaan 12, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
  • Leonard Wee
    Maastricht University Medical Centre, Netherlands.
  • Andre Dekker
    Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO Clinic), Dr. Tanslaan 12, Maastricht, The Netherlands.