Object-oriented data model for skeletal development

Ricky K. Taira; Alfonso F. Cardenas; Wesley W. Chu; Claudine M. Breant; John D.N. Dionisio; Chih-Cheng Hsu; I. Timothy Ieong

doi:10.1117/12.175129

11 May 1994 Object-oriented data model for skeletal development

Ricky K. Taira, Alfonso F. Cardenas, Wesley W. Chu, Claudine M. Breant, John D.N. Dionisio, Chih-Cheng Hsu, I. Timothy Ieong

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Proceedings Volume 2167, Medical Imaging 1994: Image Processing; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175129
Event: Medical Imaging 1994, 1994, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes our research toward the development of an intelligent database management system that supports queries based on image content, queries based on evolutionary processes, and queries that use imprecise medical terms. We use an extended object-oriented data model that includes novel temporal and evolutionary modeling constructs. Our initial clinical application concentrates on characterizing the development of the human hand. Our data model demonstrates the need for medical scientific databases to include the concepts of object life spans, object creation (e.g., bone ossification centers), the fusion of objects (e.g., metaphysis and epiphysis), the fission of an object, the gross transformation of object properties, and object inheritance involving entities that exist in various time- space domains.

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Ricky K. Taira, Alfonso F. Cardenas, Wesley W. Chu, Claudine M. Breant, John D.N. Dionisio, Chih-Cheng Hsu, and I. Timothy Ieong "Object-oriented data model for skeletal development", Proc. SPIE 2167, Medical Imaging 1994: Image Processing, (11 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175129

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