The Clinical Measurement Ontology (CMO), Measurement Methods Ontology (MMO), and Experimental Condition Ontology (XCO) are currently being developed at the Rat Genome Database. For more information about these vocabularies please see Shimoyama et al. Three ontologies to define phenotype measurement data. Front Genet. 2012;3:87. Epub 2012 May 28 or contact us (http://rgd.mcw.edu/contact/index.shtml).
The process of producing images of an entire living organism, or of a part of a living organism such as an organ or tissue recorded in situ, by the action of radiant energy and especially light on a sensitive surface such as film or an optical sensor followed by use of computer software to analyze or assist in the analysis of the resulting images.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
photography of in vivo subject with digital image analysis
related_synonym:
in vivo photodocumentation with digital image analysis