title: Development of a Knowledge-based Application Utilizing Ontologies for the Continuing Site-specific JJ1017 Master Maintenance.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop the JJ1017 Knowledge-based Application (JKA) to support the continuing maintenance of a site-specific JJ1017 master defined by the JJ1017 guideline as a standard radiologic procedure master for medical information systems that are being adopted by some medical facilities in Japan. The method consisted of the following three steps: (1) construction of the JJ1017 Ontology (JJOnt) as a knowledge base using the Hozo (an environment for building/using ontologies); (2) development of modules (operation, I/O, graph modules) that are required to continue the maintenance of a site-specific JJ1017 master; and (3) unit testing of the JKA that consists of the JJOnt and the modules. As a result, the number of classes included in the JJOnt was 21,697. Within the radiologic procedure classes included in the above, the ratio of a JJ1017 master code for an external beam radiotherapy was the highest (51%). In unit testing of the JKA, we checked the main operations (e.g., keyword search of a JJ1017 master code/code meaning, editing the description of classes, etc.). The JJOnt is a knowledge base for implementing features that medical technologists find necessary in medical information systems. To enable medical technologists to exchange/retrieve semantically accurate information while using medical information systems in the future, we expect the JKA to support the maintenance and improvement of the site-specific JJ1017 master.
authors.affiliation: School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University.
authors.forename: Tatsuaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yagahara
authors.forename: Takumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanikawa
authors.forename: Tokuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umeda
mesh_terms: D064229:Biological Ontologies; D005103:Expert Systems; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D063005:Health Information Systems; D007564:Japan; D051188:Knowledge Bases; D008283:Maintenance; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000592:standards*