System and Method for Providing Localization of Radiological Information Utilizing Radiological Domain Ontology

A method programmed for execution in a computing environment for identifying, validating and classifying one or more localized radiological informational items, utilizing a localization ontology to localize a radiological domain ontology, the method comprising:

• receiving said localized radiological informational items;
• defining one or more aspects of radiology functions as concept properties represented by a vocabulary of one or more instances of said radiological domain ontology, said radiological domain ontology declaring and fulfilling a model of radiological domain knowledge
• providing localization labels for said concept properties and said vocabulary of one or more instances of said radiological domain ontology;
• accessing said localization labels to define said localized radiological informational item in said radiological domain knowledge;
• wherein said localized radiological informational items may be validated as residing in said radiological domain knowledge, identified as a definitive concept within said radiological domain knowledge, and classified within said radiological domain knowledge;
• wherein said radiological domain knowledge comprises:
• one or more findings;
• one or more finding characteristics;
• and
• object properties, wherein said object properties represent relationships among said findings and finding characteristics;

A method programmed in a computing environment for providing localized consultation of a single radiological domain ontology the method comprising:

• defining classes, properties and instances of known concepts in the radiological domain ontology in a first language;
• defining at least one default localization label for each of said classes, properties and instances in each of said first language and a second language;
• and
• providing a translation matching module for correlating one or more labels of said first language to one or more labels of said second language;
• whereby the radiological domain ontology may be consulted utilizing an informational item in said second language and response is provided back in said second language.

A computing system for identifying, validating and classifying one or more radiological informational items, utilizing a radiological domain ontology in reference to a subject comprising:

• a definition of one or more aspects of radiology functions as concept properties represented by a vocabulary of one or more instances of the radiological domain ontology, the radiological domain ontology declaring and fulfilling a model of radiological domain knowledge;
• means for receiving an informational item of interest that relates to said subject, in a localized representation;
• a context that defines a set of said radiological domain knowledge and the relationships among said set of said radiological domain knowledge to describe said subject;
• wherein said domain knowledge comprises:
• one or more findings;
• one or more finding characteristics;
• and
• object properties,
• wherein said object properties represent relationships among said findings and finding characteristics;
• a validation module;
• an identification module;
• a classification module;
• and
• a localization layer ontology, said localization layer ontology comprising:
• localization language references;
• localization labels for said findings, finding characteristics and object properties;
• and
• references to said radiological domain ontology;
• wherein a localized representation of said informational item of interest is identified in said localization language reference and the corresponding localization labels are identified and utilized to consult the radiological domain ontology;
• wherein said validation module validates that said localized informational item of interest is radiological and resides in said set of said radiological domain knowledge, said identification module identifies a definitive concept of said localized informational item of interest from within said set of said radiological said domain knowledge, and said classification module classifies said localized informational item of interest to provide a localized response regarding the subject.