- From: Daniel Rubin <rubin@med.stanford.edu>
- Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:08:57 -0700
- To: Matt Williams <matthew.williams@cancer.org.uk>, Susie Stephens <susie.stephens@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-semweb-lifesci hcls <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
Sure, I could start taking a look at SEER if you want to start looking at ADNI... Daniel At 02:23 PM 10/4/2007, Matt Williams wrote: >If work goes well tomorrow, perhaps. > >Else perhaps Monday pm. > >Daniel - can we divide this sensibly? > >Matt > >Susie Stephens wrote: >>Hi Matt, Daniel, >> >>It would be great if you were able to write a brief description of >>the data set, list the terms that are used, and also provide some >>information as to how the data is currently used. >> >>Would it be realistic for either of you to get that done by Monday? >> >>Cheers, >>Susie >> >> >>On 10/4/07, *Daniel Rubin* <rubin@med.stanford.edu >><mailto:rubin@med.stanford.edu>> wrote: >> I might be able to help look as some of these data, depending on >> what specifically is expected for this task. >> Regards, >> Daniel >> ___ >> Daniel Rubin, MD, MS >> Clinical Asst. Professor, Radiology >> Research Scientist, Stanford Medical Informatics >> Scientific Director, National Center of Biomedical Ontology >> MSOB X-215 >> Stanford, CA 94305 >> 650-725-5693 >> >> >> At 09:16 AM 10/4/2007, Susie Stephens wrote: >>> Assessing clinical data sets for incorporation into our work >>> sounds like an excellent idea. I'll add that as an agenda item for >>> Monday's BioRDF call as suggested by EricN. >>> >>> It would be wonderful is someone wants to volunteer to take a look >>> at the cancer data set that Alan uncovered ( >>> <http://seer.cancer.gov/data/> http://seer.cancer.gov/data/). If >>> someone has the bandwidth by Monday then that would be great, but >>> providing feedback the week after would also be excellent. >>> >>> Another data set that I think is interesting is the one being >>> developed by the Alzheimers Disease NeuroImaging Initiative ( >>> http://www.loni.ucla.edu/ADNI/). This is an open data set that >>> includes serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron >>> emission tomography (PET), other biological markers, and clinical >>> and neuropsychological assessment data. The goal of the data is to >>> use it to learn about the progression of mild cognitive impairment >>> and early Alzheimer's disease. I'm definitely going to be >>> exploring this data further, but I'd be more than happy for other >>> folks to take a look at it too. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Susie >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/4/07, *Eric Neumann* <eneumann@teranode.com >>> <mailto:eneumann@teranode.com>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Indeed this would be an interesting set to rdf-ize. It might >>> also be interesting based on the dataset complexity (i.e., >>> moderate complexity) to see what practical stratgey for RDF >>> conversion one would choose. >>> >>> http://seer.cancer.gov/data/ >>> >>> Perhaps a few folks could look at this data structure, >>> consider some approaches ( e.g., RDF-Schema only vs. a minimal >>> ontology), and discuss this on the next BioRDF call? >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: public-semweb-lifesci-request@w3.org >>> <mailto:public-semweb-lifesci-request@w3.org> on behalf of >>> Alan Ruttenberg >>> Sent: Wed 10/3/2007 1:07 AM >>> To: public-semweb-lifesci hcls >>> Subject: Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) >>> >>> >>> At a talk I attended today, this resource of patient cancer >>> diagnoses was mentioned as an example of publicly >>> available clinical >>> data. A >>> quick look over the documentation suggests it might be an >>> interesting >>> project to produce an RDF version of the data set. >>> >>> http://seer.cancer.gov/data/ >>> >>> The SEER limited-use data* include SEER incidence and >>> population data >>> associated by age, sex, race, year of diagnosis, and >>> geographic areas >>> (including SEER registry and county) >>> >>> -Alan >>> >>> > >-- >http://acl.icnet.uk/~mw >http://adhominem.blogsome.com/ >+44 (0)7834 899570
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