@inproceedings{615127309966485597fae9c503f6c3dd,
title = "A Framework for Analysis, Ontological Evaluation, and Visualization in Preparation to Predictive Analytics in Pediatric Brain Tumor Research",
abstract = "We provide a generalizable framework for the systematic analysis of complicated, longitudinal clinical features in pediatric cancer. We use a threefold pipeline of exploratory data analysis, ontological categorization through a multi-modal data transformation process towards predictive analytics. We derive a data-driven phenotype from a subset of a sample of over 1900 brain tumor cases focused specifically on High-Grade Gliomas. We implement an analyst-friendly process to make machine learning-ready data sets based on domain ontologies ready for enumeration and vectorization. The results are clinical domain expert readable data points from 4.3 million observational events across 16,000 patient days. In this research, we address the gap in phenotypic data features by utilizing extensive harmonized observational clinical data and identify resources and specific processes for their use in rare tumor research.",
keywords = "biomedical research, biospecimen banking, data-driven phenotype, electronic medical records, rare disease",
author = "Felmeister, {Alex S.} and Waanders, {Angela J.} and Mason, {Jennifer L.} and Jeff Stevens and Bailey, {L. Charles} and Shiva Ganesan and Ingo Helbig",
note = "Funding Information: This research is supported by the iFellowship Program administered by the University of Pittsburgh, and funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 IEEE.; 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020 ; Conference date: 16-12-2020 Through 19-12-2020",
year = "2020",
month = dec,
day = "16",
doi = "10.1109/BIBM49941.2020.9313388",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "1943--1950",
editor = "Taesung Park and Young-Rae Cho and Hu, {Xiaohua Tony} and Illhoi Yoo and Woo, {Hyun Goo} and Jianxin Wang and Julio Facelli and Seungyoon Nam and Mingon Kang",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020",
address = "United States",
}