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Metadata model for the consistent registration of well-defined terms as well as a corresponding library of terminologies (including links to ontological terms where applicable).
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adding a super class for epidermal electrophysiology techniques #352

Closed lzehl closed 1 year ago

lzehl commented 1 year ago

@tgbugs & @UlrikeS91 I need your input here.

There are a bunch of different epidermal electrophysiology te)chniques of which some received a clear term (e.g. electrocardiography) and some not (e.g. measurement of electrodermal activity). For the latter it is typically just said that electrodes were placed on the skin of a subject...

Could we discuss a proper technique term for the latter case?

This issue came up in the PR #351 by @eapapp

UlrikeS91 commented 1 year ago

I thought that we actually discussed this issue before for some reason. I think it makes sense to add a superclass. I think "epidermal electrophysiology technique" would be suitable.

lzehl commented 1 year ago

top. I will add it asap

lzehl commented 1 year ago

question remains if we find a proper term for the case "electrodes were placed on the skin of a subject"

lzehl commented 1 year ago

vs. the proper techniques EKG, EEG, etc which are also "epidermal electrophysiology technique"

UlrikeS91 commented 1 year ago

We don't have any techniques (yet?) that represent the act of placing electrodes (or similar devices). I'm not sure we would need them, though. The placement of the electrode on the skin is a requirement to be able to do epidermal ephys. Some goes for other placements, like inserting an electrode into a cell before doing intracellular injections or the insertion of a biopsy needle into the liver to do a liver biopsy. I know that this is a bit oversimplified, but I don't think we need to cover the placement unless that is something extremely special or is the only act (as in "placing the electrode but then not doing anything with it").