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2023 IEEE Taxonomy
The IEEE Taxonomy comprises the first three hierarchical 'levels' under each term-family (or
branch) that is formed from the top-most terms of the IEEE Thesaurus. In this document these
term-families are arranged alphabetically and denoted by boldface type. Each term family's
hierarchy goes to no more than three sublevels, denoted by indents (in groups of four dots)
preceding the next level terms. A term can appear in more than one hierarchical branch and
can appear more than once in any particular hierarchy. The IEEE Taxonomy is defined in this
way so that it is always a subset of the 2023 IEEE Thesaurus.
............Laparoscopes ............Deafness
........Ventilators ............Dementia
....Biomedical imaging ............Depression
........Angiocardiography ............Diabetes
........Angiography ............Diseases
........Biomedical optical imaging ............Eczema
........Cardiography ............Hemorrhaging
............Echocardiography ............Hypertension
............Electrocardiography ............Hyperthermia
............Phonocardiography ............Injuries
........DICOM ............Kidney stones
........Elastography ............Motion sickness
........Encephalography ............Obesity
........Mammography ............Paralysis
........Medical diagnostic imaging ............Pregnancy
............Anatomical structure ............Scoliosis
........Molecular imaging ............Sepsis
........Phantoms ............Sleep apnea
........Photoacoustic imaging ............Stroke (medical condition)
....Bionanotechnology ............Thrombosis
....Bioterrorism ............Tumors
....Computational biology ............Visual impairment
........Computational biochemistry ........Medical diagnosis
........Computational biophysics ............Autopsy
........Computational systems biology ............Bronchoscopy
....Genetic engineering ............Colonography
....Medical services ............Computer aided diagnosis
........Assisted living ............Medical signal detection
............Ambient assisted living ............Nanomedicine
........Catheterization ............Plethysmography
........Clinical diagnosis ............Sensitivity and specificity
............Clinical neuroscience ........Medical tests
........Cybercare ............Amniocentesis
........Electronic healthcare ............Biopsy
........Health information management ............Cancer detection
........Hospitals ............Colonoscopy
........In vitro ............Pregnancy test
............In vitro fertilization ........Medical treatment
........In vivo ............Acupuncture
........Internet of Medical Things ............Anesthesia
........Medical conditions ............Angioplasty
............Addiction ............Brachytherapy
............Aneurysm ............Brain stimulation
............Arrhythmia ............Cancer treatment
............Atrophy ............Chemotherapy
............Autism ............Clinical trials
............Blindness ............Cryotherapy
............Cataracts ............Defibrillation
............Chronic kidney disease ............Dentistry
............Congestive heart failure ............Electrical stimulation
............Cybersickness ............Electronic medical prescriptions
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............Electroporation ........Gastroenterology
............Embolization ........Gerontology
............Fibrillation ............Gerontechnology
............Geriatrics ........Gynecology
............Hepatectomy ........Immunology
............Hospitals ............Antigens
............Hyperthermia ........Neonatology
............Immunotherapy ........Nephrology
............Intubation ........Neurology
............Lithotripsy ........Obstetrics
............Magnetic stimulation ........Oncology
............Neuromuscular stimulation ............Radiation therapy
............Neutron capture therapy ........Ophthalmology
............Noninvasive treatment ........Pathology
............Orthopedic procedures ............Histopathology
............Orthotics ............Neuropathology
............Patient rehabilitation ............Pathological processes
............Pharmaceuticals ........Pediatrics
............Precision medicine ........Psychiatry
............Proton therapy ............Mental disorders
............Surgery ........Pulmonology
........Occupational medicine ............Spirometry
........Organ transplantation ........Radiology
........Point of care ............Neuroradiology
........Prosthetics ....Nuclear medicine
............Artificial biological organs ....Synthetic biology
............Artificial limbs
............Neuroprostheses Engineering management
............Prosthetic hand
............Prosthetic limbs ....Business
............Visual prosthesis ........Business data processing
........Public healthcare ........Business intelligence
........Sensory aids ........Commerce and trade
............Hearing aids ............Free economic zones
........Smart healthcare ............Product delivery
............Wearable Health Monitoring ........Disruptive innovation
Systems ........Entrepreneurship
........Vaccines ........Franchising
........X-rays ........Industrial relations
............X-ray applications ........Management
............X-ray astronomy ............Asset management
............X-ray detection ............Best practices
............X-ray scattering ............Building management systems
............X-ray telescopes ............Business continuity
............X-ray tomography ............Business process management
....Medical specialties ............Business process re-engineering
........Anesthesiology ............Communication system operations
........Cardiology and management
............Cardiac tissue ............Conference management
........Dermatology ............Content management
........Endocrinology ............Contingency management
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....Remanence ........Neon
....Spin systems ........Neptunium
........Nitrogen
Materials, elements, and compounds ............Nitrogen compounds
............Silicon nitride
....Atoms ........Osmium
........Ultracold atoms ........Oxygen
....Chemical elements ........Phosphorus
........Aluminum ........Plutonium
............Aluminum alloys ........Polonium
............Aluminum compounds ........Potassium
........Americium ........Praseodymium
........Antimony ........Promethium
........Arsenic ........Protactinium
............Arsenic compounds ........Radium
........Beryllium ........Radon
........Boron ........Rhenium
............Boron alloys ........Rhodium
........Bromine ........Roentgenium
............Bromine compounds ........Rubidium
........Californium ........Ruthenium
........Carbon ........Scandium
............Carbon nanotubes ........Selenium
............Diamonds ........Sodium
............Fullerenes ........Sulfur
............Graphene ............Sulfur compounds
............Graphite ........Tantalum
........Cerium ........Technetium
........Cesium ........Tellurium
........Chlorine ........Terbium
............Chlorine compounds ........Thallium
........Dysprosium ........Thorium
........Europium ........Thulium
........Fluorine ........Titanium
............Fluorine compounds ............Titanium alloys
........Gadolinium ............Titanium compounds
............Gadolinium oxide ............Titanium dioxide
........Hafnium ............Titanium nitride
............Hafnium compounds ........Uranium
........Helium ........Vanadium
........Holmium ........Ytterbium
........Hydrogen ........Yttrium
............Deuterium ............Yttrium compounds
........Iodine ........Zirconium
............Iodine compounds ....Compounds
........Iridium ........Bismuth compounds
........Isotopes ........Gallium compounds
........Krypton ............Aluminum gallium nitride
........Lutetium ............Gallium arsenide
........Mercury (metals) ............Gallium nitride
........Molybdenum ............Indium gallium arsenide
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............Silicon ............Microfiltration
............Silicon germanium ........Hysteresis
............Substrates ........Impurities
............Wide band gap semiconductors ............Semiconductor impurities
........Sheet materials ........Materials handling
........Smart materials ............Cleaning
............Biomimetic materials ............Decontamination
............Smart textiles ............Freight handling
........Solids ............Materials handling equipment
............Young's modulus ............Pallets
........Superconducting materials ............Remote handling
............Granular superconductors ........Materials preparation
............High-temperature superconductors ............Doping
............Multifilamentary superconductors ............Firing
............Niobium-tin ............Ion implantation
............Superconducting filaments ............Laser sintering
............Superconducting wires ............Sputtering
............Type II superconductors ........Materials reliability
........Surfactants ........Materials testing
........Terahertz materials ............Accelerated aging
............Terahertz metamaterials ............Acoustic testing
........Textiles ............Adhesive strength
............Cotton ............Bonding forces
............Fabrics ............Delamination
............Textile fibers ............Elastic recovery
............Wool ............Nondestructive testing
........Thermoelectric materials ........Metallurgy
........Waste materials ........Microstructure
............Effluents ........Periodic structures
............Electronic waste ............Gratings
............Food waste ............Photonic crystals
............Industrial waste ........Pigmentation
............Radioactive waste ............Pigments
............Slurries ........Separation processes
............Wastewater ............Electrophoresis
........Wire ............Fractionation
....Materials science and technology ............Particle separators
........Absorption ........Surface engineering
........Aging ........Surfaces
............Accelerated aging ............Corrosion
........Chemical analysis ............Corrugated surfaces
............Activation analysis ............Metasurfaces
............Chemical processes ............Rough surfaces
............Chemicals ............Surface impedance
............Electronic noses ............Surface morphology
............pH measurement ............Surface resistance
........Computational materials science ............Surface roughness
........Contamination ............Surface soil
............Surface contamination ............Surface stress
........Degradation ............Surface structures
........Filtration ............Surface tension
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