We present both a high-level symbolic model of the human brain. and a
method of using this model to aid in the recognition of objects from m
edical images. The model is stored as a frame-based semantic network c
onsisting of three coexisting graphs (a spatial adjacency graph, a par
t hierarchy and an inheritance graph). We propose a method similar to
assumption-based truth maintenance systems for the collating and reaso
ning processes required in the labelling of input images.