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09. Keywording Medical And Scientific Images

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When keywording medical and scientific images, it is important to use exact and detailed keywords to avoid worthless generalizations (ex. A person in a white lab coat with a stethoscope should have the keywords doctor and medicine, but it shouldn't have a long list of keywords on all of the different medical branches and specialists).

You should only use pediatrician or cardiologist keywords when that particular specialization is represented in the image.

Keep in mind the following questions:

  • What is it? Is the image related to a specific area of medicine? (ex podiatry, oncology)
  • Does it reflect a general scientific field? (ex physics, biochemistry, biology)
  • What is the location? Does it have a particular setting? (ex hospital, laboratory, clean room)
  • What important objects are shown in the image? What are they used for? (ex diagnosis, therapy, prevention, research)
  • If the image was taken by a particular technique such as a microscope (micro-photography), you should specify the microscope. (ex optical microscope, electron microscope)
  • What's it called? Is the image related to a specific area of medicine? (ex podiatry, oncology)
  • What is it? Include the names of diseases, micro-organisms, parts of the body, techniques, devices, machines, etc.
All about Keywording: Keywording Medical And Scientific Images

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