title: Of mice and men: design of a comparative anatomy information system.
abstract: In previous work, we proposed an approach called the Structural Difference Method (SDM) to correlating the anatomy of Homo sapiens with selected species, using the Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA) as a framework and graph matching as a method, for determining similarities and differences between species. In this paper, we present the design of a comparative anatomy information system that utilizes the SDM and allows users to issue queries to determine the similarities and differences between two species. Our system will serve as a pilot project for cross-species anatomical information collection, storage, and retrieval. The underlying data structure of a mapping, and the syntax and semantics of the system's query language, are presented.
authors.affiliation: Structural Informatics Group, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
authors.forename: Ravensara S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Travillian
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Gennari
authors.forename: Linda G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000145:classification; D000717:Anatomy, Comparative; D000818:Animals; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003196:Computer Graphics; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007256:Information Systems; D051379:Mice; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D012660:Semantics; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled