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An exercise on developing an ontology-epistemology about schizophrenia and neuroanatomy
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An exercise on developing an ontology-epistemology about schizophrenia and neuroanatomy

  • Rodolpho Freire1,
  • Danilo Nunes Santos1,
  • Marcos Vinicius dos Santos2 &
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  • Paulo Eduardo Santos1 

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This paper describes preliminary ideas on formalizing some concepts of neuroanatomy into ontological and epistemological terms. We envisage the application of this ontology on the assimilation of facts about medical knowledge about neuroimages from schizophrenic patients.

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    Rodolpho Freire, Danilo Nunes Santos & Paulo Eduardo Santos

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Freire, R., Santos, D., Vinicius dos Santos, M. et al. An exercise on developing an ontology-epistemology about schizophrenia and neuroanatomy. Nat Prec (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2009.3483.1

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Keywords

  • ontology
  • BIT
  • epistemology
  • Protégé
  • Neuroanatomy
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