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Class: ImagingFinding

A finding detected by in-vivo medical imaging (MRI, CT, PET, ultrasound, etc.) that reflects disease pathophysiology or defines a diagnostic criterion. The macroscopic / in-vivo counterpart of HistopathologyFinding. Captures the modality plus the imaging appearance - NOT acquisition protocol, per-patient reads, or radiology decision support.

URI: dismech:class/ImagingFinding

 classDiagram
    class ImagingFinding
    click ImagingFinding href "../../classes/ImagingFinding/"
      ImagingFinding : context

      ImagingFinding : description

      ImagingFinding : diagnostic

      ImagingFinding : evidence





        ImagingFinding --> "* _recommended_" EvidenceItem : evidence
        click EvidenceItem href "../../classes/EvidenceItem/"



      ImagingFinding : frequency





        ImagingFinding --> "0..1" Any : frequency
        click Any href "../../classes/Any/"



      ImagingFinding : imaging_finding_term





        ImagingFinding --> "0..1" ImagingFindingDescriptor : imaging_finding_term
        click ImagingFindingDescriptor href "../../classes/ImagingFindingDescriptor/"



      ImagingFinding : laterality





        ImagingFinding --> "0..1" LateralityEnum : laterality
        click LateralityEnum href "../../enums/LateralityEnum/"



      ImagingFinding : located_in





        ImagingFinding --> "0..1" AnatomicalEntityDescriptor : located_in
        click AnatomicalEntityDescriptor href "../../classes/AnatomicalEntityDescriptor/"



      ImagingFinding : modality





        ImagingFinding --> "0..1" ImagingModalityEnum : modality
        click ImagingModalityEnum href "../../enums/ImagingModalityEnum/"



      ImagingFinding : modifier





        ImagingFinding --> "0..1" ModifierEnum : modifier
        click ModifierEnum href "../../enums/ModifierEnum/"



      ImagingFinding : name

      ImagingFinding : notes

      ImagingFinding : phenotype_term





        ImagingFinding --> "0..1" PhenotypeDescriptor : phenotype_term
        click PhenotypeDescriptor href "../../classes/PhenotypeDescriptor/"



      ImagingFinding : spatial_extent





        ImagingFinding --> "0..1" SpatialExtentEnum : spatial_extent
        click SpatialExtentEnum href "../../enums/SpatialExtentEnum/"



      ImagingFinding : subtype

Slots

Name Cardinality and Range Description Inheritance
name 1
String		 Name of the imaging finding direct
modality 0..1
ImagingModalityEnum		 The imaging modality by which this finding is detected direct
imaging_finding_term 0..1
ImagingFindingDescriptor		 Ontology term for an imaging finding (from the NCIT Imaging Finding branch or... direct
description 0..1
String		 Detailed description of the finding and its clinical significance direct
located_in 0..1
AnatomicalEntityDescriptor		 Anatomical body site of the finding (UBERON) direct
laterality 0..1
LateralityEnum		 Laterality qualifier (left, right, or bilateral) direct
spatial_extent 0..1
SpatialExtentEnum		 The spatial extent or distribution pattern applicable to this descriptor (e direct
phenotype_term 0..1
PhenotypeDescriptor		 Optional HP phenotype this imaging finding also maps to direct
diagnostic 0..1
Boolean		 Whether this finding is pathognomonic or defines a diagnostic criterion direct
frequency 0..1
FrequencyEnum or 
FrequencyQuantity or 
Any		 direct
modifier 0..1
ModifierEnum		 Directional or qualitative modifier for a descriptor (e direct
evidence * recommended
EvidenceItem		 direct
notes 0..1
String		 direct
context 0..1
String		 Context in which this finding is observed (e direct
subtype 0..1
String		 direct

Usages

used by used in type used
Disease imaging_findings range ImagingFinding

Comments

  • Separate from phenotypes - names the modality plus appearance, even when the abnormality is also an HP phenotype (cross-linked via phenotype_term)
  • Separate from histopathology - in-vivo / macroscopic, no biopsy
  • Separate from the generic diagnosis slot - carries a structured finding rather than a free-text test name

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self dismech:ImagingFinding
native dismech:ImagingFinding

LinkML Source

Direct

name: ImagingFinding
description: A finding detected by in-vivo medical imaging (MRI, CT, PET, ultrasound,
  etc.) that reflects disease pathophysiology or defines a diagnostic criterion. The
  macroscopic / in-vivo counterpart of HistopathologyFinding. Captures the modality
  plus the imaging appearance - NOT acquisition protocol, per-patient reads, or radiology
  decision support.
comments:
- Separate from phenotypes - names the modality plus appearance, even when the abnormality
  is also an HP phenotype (cross-linked via phenotype_term)
- Separate from histopathology - in-vivo / macroscopic, no biopsy
- Separate from the generic diagnosis slot - carries a structured finding rather than
  a free-text test name
from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
slots:
- name
- modality
- imaging_finding_term
- description
- located_in
- laterality
- spatial_extent
- phenotype_term
- diagnostic
- frequency
- modifier
- evidence
- notes
- context
- subtype
slot_usage:
  name:
    name: name
    description: Name of the imaging finding
  description:
    name: description
    description: Detailed description of the finding and its clinical significance
    examples:
    - value: Multifocal periventricular white matter lesions on MRI
    - value: Gadolinium-enhancing lesion
    - value: Cerebral atrophy on CT
  modality:
    name: modality
    description: The imaging modality by which this finding is detected
  located_in:
    name: located_in
    description: Anatomical body site of the finding (UBERON)
  phenotype_term:
    name: phenotype_term
    description: Optional HP phenotype this imaging finding also maps to
  diagnostic:
    name: diagnostic
    description: Whether this finding is pathognomonic or defines a diagnostic criterion
  context:
    name: context
    description: Context in which this finding is observed (e.g., specific subtype)

Induced

name: ImagingFinding
description: A finding detected by in-vivo medical imaging (MRI, CT, PET, ultrasound,
  etc.) that reflects disease pathophysiology or defines a diagnostic criterion. The
  macroscopic / in-vivo counterpart of HistopathologyFinding. Captures the modality
  plus the imaging appearance - NOT acquisition protocol, per-patient reads, or radiology
  decision support.
comments:
- Separate from phenotypes - names the modality plus appearance, even when the abnormality
  is also an HP phenotype (cross-linked via phenotype_term)
- Separate from histopathology - in-vivo / macroscopic, no biopsy
- Separate from the generic diagnosis slot - carries a structured finding rather than
  a free-text test name
from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
slot_usage:
  name:
    name: name
    description: Name of the imaging finding
  description:
    name: description
    description: Detailed description of the finding and its clinical significance
    examples:
    - value: Multifocal periventricular white matter lesions on MRI
    - value: Gadolinium-enhancing lesion
    - value: Cerebral atrophy on CT
  modality:
    name: modality
    description: The imaging modality by which this finding is detected
  located_in:
    name: located_in
    description: Anatomical body site of the finding (UBERON)
  phenotype_term:
    name: phenotype_term
    description: Optional HP phenotype this imaging finding also maps to
  diagnostic:
    name: diagnostic
    description: Whether this finding is pathognomonic or defines a diagnostic criterion
  context:
    name: context
    description: Context in which this finding is observed (e.g., specific subtype)
attributes:
  name:
    name: name
    description: Name of the imaging finding
    examples:
    - value: Adolescent Nephronophthisis
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    identifier: true
    alias: name
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - ExperimentalModel
    - Experiment
    - ExperimentalPerturbation
    - ExperimentalReadout
    - ExperimentalControl
    - ClinicalTrial
    - ComputationalModel
    - ModelVariable
    - SeverityTier
    - DifferentialDiagnosis
    - Subtype
    - ReferenceRangeBand
    - SurrogateEndpointCollection
    - ExternalAssertion
    - EpidemiologyInfo
    - Pathophysiology
    - Phenotype
    - Biochemical
    - HistopathologyFinding
    - ImagingFinding
    - Genetic
    - Environmental
    - Disease
    - Stage
    - AgentLifeCycleStage
    - Treatment
    - InfectiousAgent
    - Transmission
    - Assay
    - Diagnosis
    - Inheritance
    - Variant
    - Mechanism
    - ModelingConsideration
    - Definition
    - CriteriaSet
    - ComorbidityAssociation
    - Grouping
    range: string
    required: true
  modality:
    name: modality
    description: The imaging modality by which this finding is detected
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: modality
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - ImagingFinding
    range: ImagingModalityEnum
  imaging_finding_term:
    name: imaging_finding_term
    description: Ontology term for an imaging finding (from the NCIT Imaging Finding
      branch or HP)
    comments:
    - Use NCIT Imaging Finding terms (C176708 / C199145) or HP imaging-observable
      phenotypes (atrophy, white-matter lesions, hyperintensity)
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: imaging_finding_term
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - ImagingFinding
    range: ImagingFindingDescriptor
    inlined: true
  description:
    name: description
    description: Detailed description of the finding and its clinical significance
    examples:
    - value: Multifocal periventricular white matter lesions on MRI
    - value: Gadolinium-enhancing lesion
    - value: Cerebral atrophy on CT
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: description
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - Descriptor
    - DietaryModification
    - GeneticContext
    - Dataset
    - ExperimentalModel
    - Experiment
    - ExperimentalPerturbation
    - ExperimentalReadout
    - ExperimentalControl
    - ClinicalTrial
    - ComputationalModel
    - ModelVariable
    - DifferentialDiagnosis
    - Subtype
    - CausalEdge
    - TreatmentMechanismTarget
    - ModelMechanismLink
    - BiomarkerReadout
    - PhenotypeReadout
    - SurrogateEndpointCollection
    - ProteinStructure
    - ExternalAssertion
    - EpidemiologyInfo
    - Pathophysiology
    - Phenotype
    - HistopathologyFinding
    - ImagingFinding
    - Environmental
    - Disease
    - Stage
    - AgentLifeCycle
    - AgentLifeCycleStage
    - AnimalModel
    - Treatment
    - InfectiousAgent
    - Transmission
    - Assay
    - Diagnosis
    - Inheritance
    - Variant
    - FunctionalEffect
    - Mechanism
    - ModelingConsideration
    - Definition
    - CriteriaSet
    - ConditionDescriptor
    - GOEnrichment
    - ComorbidityHypothesis
    - UpstreamConditionHypothesis
    - MechanisticHypothesis
    - Grouping
    - GroupingCriteria
    - LogicalCriterion
    - DifferentiatingMechanism
    range: string
  located_in:
    name: located_in
    description: Anatomical body site of the finding (UBERON)
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: located_in
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - Descriptor
    - ImagingFinding
    range: AnatomicalEntityDescriptor
    inlined: true
  laterality:
    name: laterality
    description: Laterality qualifier (left, right, or bilateral)
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: laterality
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - Descriptor
    - ImagingFinding
    range: LateralityEnum
  spatial_extent:
    name: spatial_extent
    description: The spatial extent or distribution pattern applicable to this descriptor
      (e.g., focal, diffuse, extensive)
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: spatial_extent
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - Descriptor
    - ImagingFinding
    range: SpatialExtentEnum
  phenotype_term:
    name: phenotype_term
    description: Optional HP phenotype this imaging finding also maps to
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: phenotype_term
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - ExperimentalReadout
    - ReferenceRangeBand
    - Phenotype
    - ImagingFinding
    - LogicalCriterion
    - DifferentiatingMechanism
    range: PhenotypeDescriptor
    inlined: true
  diagnostic:
    name: diagnostic
    description: Whether this finding is pathognomonic or defines a diagnostic criterion
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: diagnostic
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - Phenotype
    - HistopathologyFinding
    - ImagingFinding
    range: boolean
  frequency:
    name: frequency
    examples:
    - value: Occasional
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: frequency
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - PhenotypeContext
    - Pathophysiology
    - Phenotype
    - Biochemical
    - HistopathologyFinding
    - ImagingFinding
    - Genetic
    range: Any
    any_of:
    - range: FrequencyEnum
    - range: FrequencyQuantity
  modifier:
    name: modifier
    description: Directional or qualitative modifier for a descriptor (e.g., increased,
      decreased, abnormal)
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: modifier
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - Descriptor
    - ImagingFinding
    - DifferentiatingMechanism
    range: ModifierEnum
  evidence:
    name: evidence
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: evidence
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - PhenotypeContext
    - Dataset
    - ExperimentalModel
    - Experiment
    - ExperimentalPerturbation
    - ExperimentalReadout
    - ExperimentalControl
    - ClinicalTrial
    - ComputationalModel
    - DifferentialDiagnosis
    - Subtype
    - CausalEdge
    - TreatmentMechanismTarget
    - ModelMechanismLink
    - BiomarkerReadout
    - PhenotypeReadout
    - ReferenceRange
    - SurrogateEndpoint
    - ExternalAssertion
    - Finding
    - Prevalence
    - GeneCaseFraction
    - ProgressionInfo
    - ClinicalBurden
    - EpidemiologyInfo
    - Pathophysiology
    - Phenotype
    - Biochemical
    - HistopathologyFinding
    - ImagingFinding
    - Genetic
    - Environmental
    - Stage
    - AgentLifeCycle
    - AgentLifeCycleStage
    - AnimalModel
    - Treatment
    - InfectiousAgent
    - Transmission
    - Diagnosis
    - Inheritance
    - Variant
    - ModelingConsideration
    - ClassificationAssignment
    - Definition
    - AlgorithmValidationStatus
    - CriteriaSet
    - AssociationSignal
    - AssociationStatistics
    - ComorbidityHypothesis
    - UpstreamConditionHypothesis
    - MechanisticHypothesis
    - Discussion
    - GroupingCriteria
    - GroupingMember
    - DifferentiatingMechanism
    range: EvidenceItem
    recommended: true
    multivalued: true
    inlined: true
    inlined_as_list: true
  notes:
    name: notes
    examples:
    - value: Contagious stage where symptoms appear and the bacteria can be spread
        to others.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: notes
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - GeneticContext
    - OnsetDescriptor
    - PhenotypeContext
    - Dataset
    - ExperimentalModel
    - Experiment
    - ExperimentalPerturbation
    - ExperimentalReadout
    - ExperimentalControl
    - ClinicalTrial
    - ComputationalModel
    - ModelVariable
    - DifferentialDiagnosis
    - ReferenceRange
    - SurrogateEndpoint
    - SurrogateEndpointCollection
    - ExternalAssertion
    - TrackedIssue
    - Prevalence
    - GeneCaseFraction
    - ProgressionInfo
    - ClinicalBurden
    - EpidemiologyInfo
    - Pathophysiology
    - Phenotype
    - Biochemical
    - HistopathologyFinding
    - ImagingFinding
    - Genetic
    - Environmental
    - Disease
    - Stage
    - AgentLifeCycle
    - AgentLifeCycleStage
    - Treatment
    - Transmission
    - Diagnosis
    - ClassificationAssignment
    - Definition
    - CriteriaSet
    - TermMapping
    - MappingConsistency
    - ComorbidityAssociation
    - AssociationSignal
    - AssociationMetric
    - AssociationStatistics
    - MechanisticHypothesis
    - Discussion
    - Grouping
    - GroupingCriteria
    - GroupingMember
    - DifferentiatingMechanism
    range: string
  context:
    name: context
    description: Context in which this finding is observed (e.g., specific subtype)
    examples:
    - value: Pregnancy
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: context
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - Phenotype
    - Biochemical
    - HistopathologyFinding
    - ImagingFinding
    - Stage
    - AgentLifeCycle
    - AgentLifeCycleStage
    - Treatment
    range: string
  subtype:
    name: subtype
    examples:
    - value: Eyelid Myoclonia with Absences
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
    rank: 1000
    alias: subtype
    owner: ImagingFinding
    domain_of:
    - PhenotypeContext
    - Prevalence
    - ProgressionInfo
    - Phenotype
    - Biochemical
    - HistopathologyFinding
    - ImagingFinding
    - Genetic
    range: string