Development of Ontology for the Radiological Imaging Procedure Information System - Adaptation of Disease and Anatomical Structure -

Radiological imaging procedure information has been managed by the radiological inspection master code (e.g., the JJ1017-32 code for classification of radiological imaging procedure information in Japan). This code can classify abstract anatomical structures. However, it cannot classify diseases and detailed anatomical structures. If radiological imaging procedure information can be associated with such data, medical technologists can use digital radiological imaging procedure information. In this study, by using an ontology, we examined the CT (Computed Tomography) imaging procedure concepts associated with the ICD-10 code (International Classification of Diseases-10 code Ver.2003) for classification of diseases, and the FMAID (Foundational Model of Anatomy Identifier) for classification of anatomical structures. In addition, we incorporated this concept into the ontology-driven application, and tried to access the ontology on CT imaging procedures.