The Ontology Viewer: Facilitating Image Annotation with Ontology Terms in the CSIDx Imaging Database
Year: 2009
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: In the life sciences data must be described unambiguously.We apply this principle in our multi-modal bio-imaging database in which images are stored together with comprehensive metadata.We use ontology terms to describe the semantic content of images.Ontologies are obtained from dedicated ontology repositories in the life sciences.For our users, the process of image annotation with ontology terms was proven to be a challenging task.Therefore, we have made improvements on both usability and speed of annotation.We developed search facilities across our ontology collection and implemented a new graphical ontology viewer.This tool allows for both querying and visualizing ontology terms by means of a 2Dgraph representation.Our viewer provides a means to collect ontology terms and at the same time familiarizes users with ontologies and their structure.In making these tools available we succeeded in our goals to reduce time and effort for accurate image annotation.
Authors: Amalia Kallergi, Yun Bei, Fons J. Verbeek, Niels Bohrweg
Institution: Leiden University
Language: English
Subfield: Health Informatics
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W141752127