title: OntoVIP: an ontology for the annotation of object models used for medical image simulation.
abstract: This paper describes the creation of a comprehensive conceptualization of object models used in medical image simulation, suitable for major imaging modalities and simulators. The goal is to create an application ontology that can be used to annotate the models in a repository integrated in the Virtual Imaging Platform (VIP), to facilitate their sharing and reuse. Annotations make the anatomical, physiological and pathophysiological content of the object models explicit. In such an interdisciplinary context we chose to rely on a common integration framework provided by a foundational ontology, that facilitates the consistent integration of the various modules extracted from several existing ontologies, i.e. FMA, PATO, MPATH, RadLex and ChEBI. Emphasis is put on methodology for achieving this extraction and integration. The most salient aspects of the ontology are presented, especially the organization in model layers, as well as its use to browse and query the model repository.
authors.affiliation: LTSI - Laboratoire Traitement du Signal et de l'Image, INSERM U1099 - Université de Rennes 1, Faculté de médecine, 2 av. Pr Léon Bernard, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France. Electronic address: bernard.gibaud@univ-rennes1.fr.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gibaud
authors.affiliation: MIPS - Modélisation, Intelligence, Processus et Systèmes - MIPS EA2332 - Université de Haute-Alsace, 12, Rue des frères Lumière, 68093 Mulhouse, France.
authors.forename: Germain
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Forestier
authors.affiliation: CREATIS - Centre de Recherche et d'Applications en Traitement de l'Image et du Signal, CNRS UMR 5220 - Inserm U1044 - INSA-Lyon - Univ. Lyon 1, Bâtiment Blaise Pascal, 7 av. Jean Capelle, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Hugues
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Benoit-Cattin
authors.affiliation: CREATIS - Centre de Recherche et d'Applications en Traitement de l'Image et du Signal, CNRS UMR 5220 - Inserm U1044 - INSA-Lyon - Univ. Lyon 1, Bâtiment Blaise Pascal, 7 av. Jean Capelle, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cervenansky
authors.affiliation: CREATIS - Centre de Recherche et d'Applications en Traitement de l'Image et du Signal, CNRS UMR 5220 - Inserm U1044 - INSA-Lyon - Univ. Lyon 1, Bâtiment Blaise Pascal, 7 av. Jean Capelle, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clarysse
authors.affiliation: CREATIS - Centre de Recherche et d'Applications en Traitement de l'Image et du Signal, CNRS UMR 5220 - Inserm U1044 - INSA-Lyon - Univ. Lyon 1, Bâtiment Blaise Pascal, 7 av. Jean Capelle, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Friboulet
authors.affiliation: I3S - Laboratoire d'Informatique, Signaux et Systèmes de Sophia Antipolis, CNRS UMR 7271/Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, 2000, Route des Lucioles, Les Algorithmes - bât. Algorithm B, 06903 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Alban
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaignard
authors.affiliation: CEA-LETI-MINATEC, Recherche technologique, 17, Rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 09, France.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hugonnard
authors.affiliation: CREATIS - Centre de Recherche et d'Applications en Traitement de l'Image et du Signal, CNRS UMR 5220 - Inserm U1044 - INSA-Lyon - Univ. Lyon 1, Bâtiment Blaise Pascal, 7 av. Jean Capelle, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lartizien
authors.affiliation: CREATIS - Centre de Recherche et d'Applications en Traitement de l'Image et du Signal, CNRS UMR 5220 - Inserm U1044 - INSA-Lyon - Univ. Lyon 1, Bâtiment Blaise Pascal, 7 av. Jean Capelle, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liebgott
authors.affiliation: I3S - Laboratoire d'Informatique, Signaux et Systèmes de Sophia Antipolis, CNRS UMR 7271/Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, 2000, Route des Lucioles, Les Algorithmes - bât. Algorithm B, 06903 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montagnat
authors.affiliation: CEA-LETI-MINATEC, Recherche technologique, 17, Rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 09, France.
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tabary
authors.affiliation: CREATIS - Centre de Recherche et d'Applications en Traitement de l'Image et du Signal, CNRS UMR 5220 - Inserm U1044 - INSA-Lyon - Univ. Lyon 1, Bâtiment Blaise Pascal, 7 av. Jean Capelle, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Tristan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Glatard
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012660:Semantics; D012984:Software; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled
keywords: Medical imaging; Ontologies; Ontology web language; Semantic web; Simulation