Ini Ryu
Itiro Siio
ABSTRACT
On the TongueDx system, users can keep track of their health condition by recording the color of tongue coating and body on smartphones. In fact, our system uses tongue diagnosis techniques originated from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theories. In the theories, tongue symptom as one of the important diagnosing indicators can tell the health of human body. To avoid color error affected by surrounding light, a tongue color calibration by using teeth color is proposed to adjust white balance of the tongue picture. K-means algorithm is used to separate tongue coating from body. From the line graph of tongue coating and body color displayed on smartphones, people can know their health conditions timely. We have evaluated the TongueDx performance for one month in the preliminary user experience.
- Backgrounder Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institute of Health, USA, D428 (2013).Google Scholar
- Xu Jiatuo, Zhou Changle, Fang Zhaoqin, Zhang Zhifeng, Wang Zhiguo, Sun Yang: Computerized Analysis and Recognition of Tongue and Its Coating Color in Tongue Diagnosis, Shanghai Chinese Medicine University, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp.43--47, Sep. 2004.Google Scholar
Index Terms
- TongueDx: a tongue diagnosis for health care on smartphones
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