IrGO: Iranian traditional medicine General Ontology and knowledge base.

Journal: Journal of biomedical semantics
Published Date: Apr 16, 2021

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Iranian traditional medicine, also known as Persian Medicine, is a holistic school of medicine with a long prolific history. It describes numerous concepts and the relationships between them. However, no unified language system has been proposed for the concepts of this medicine up to the present time. Considering the extensive terminology in the numerous textbooks written by the scholars over centuries, comprehending the totality of concepts is obviously a very challenging task. To resolve this issue, overcome the obstacles, and code the concepts in a reusable manner, constructing an ontology of the concepts of Iranian traditional medicine seems a necessity.

Authors

  • Ayeh Naghizadeh
    Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Mahdi Salamat
    Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Donya Hamzeian
    Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Shaghayegh Akbari
    Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Hossein Rezaeizadeh
    Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
  • Mahdi Alizadeh Vaghasloo
    Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Reza Karbalaei
    Department of Biology, Temple University, PA, USA.
  • Mehdi Mirzaie
    Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal Ale Ahmad Highway, Tehran, Iran. mirzaie@modares.ac.ir.
  • Mehrdad Karimi
    Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Mohieddin Jafari
    Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mohieddin.jafari@helsinki.fi.

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