On parts and holes: The spatial structure of the human body

Maureen Donnelly

doi:10.3233/978-1-60750-949-3-351

On parts and holes: The spatial structure of the human body

Maureen Donnelly

Philosophy

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Abstract

Spatial representation and reasoning is a central component of medical informatics. The spatial concepts most often used in medicine are not the quantitative, point-based concepts of classical geometry, but rather qualitative relations among extended objects such as body parts. A mereotopology is a formal theory of qualitative spatial relations, such as parthood and connection. This paper considers how an extension of mereotopology which includes also location relations can be used to represent and reason about the spatial structure of the human body.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	351-355
Number of pages	5
Journal	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume	107
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-949-3-351
State	Published - 2004

Keywords

Anatomy
Knowledge Representation
Mereotopology
Ontology

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