Knowledge grid support for treatment of traumatic brain injury victims

  • Authors:
  • Peter Brezany;A. Min Tjoa;Martin Rusnak;Jarmila Brezanyova;Ivan Janciak

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute for Software Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria;Institute for Software Technology and Mutimedia Systems, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria;International Brain Trauma Foundation, Vienna, Austria;Institute for Software Technology and Mutimedia Systems, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria;Institute for Software Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  • Venue:
  • ICCSA'03 Proceedings of the 2003 international conference on Computational science and its applications: PartI
  • Year:
  • 2003

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) typically result from accidents in which the head strikes an object. Among all traumatic causes of death, the TBI is the most serious one. Moreover, TBI can also significantly affect many cognitive, physical, and psychological skills of the cases that survive. It is clear from the data presented in many international studies, that improvement of outcomes is useful not only for the patients, but also for entire national economy. This paper introduces a new software infrastructure, called TBI Knowledge Grid that will provide health professionals involved in the treatment and management of TBI patients with Information Technology tools, which will enable them to discover and access relevant knowledge and information from different distributed and heterogeneous data sources.