Computerized Tongue Diagnosis Based on Bayesian Networks
Tongue diagnosis is an important diagnostic method in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). However, due to its qualitative, subjective, and experience-based nature, traditional tongue diagnosis has a very limited application in clinical medicine. Moreover,
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gue Image Analysis
Tongue Image Analysis
David Zhang Hongzhi Zhang Bob Zhang •
Tongue Image Analysis
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David Zhang The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong China Hongzhi Zhang School of Computer Science and Technology Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin China
ISBN 978-981-10-2166-4 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2167-1
Bob Zhang Department of Computer and Information Science The University of Macau Taipa Macao
ISBN 978-981-10-2167-1
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Preface
The tongue, as the primary organ of gustation, conveys abundant valuable information about the health status of the human body, i.e., disorders or even pathological changes of internal organs can be reflected by the human tongue and observed by medical practitioners. Tongue diagnosis (TD), a noninvasive diagnostic method using inspection of the appearance of human tongue, has played an indispensable role in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for over 2,000 years. In recent years, for the purpose of academic research, significant information technologies, including digitalized data acquisition, image processing, and pattern recognition have been widely used in tongue diagnosis to improve its diagnostic validity and accuracy. Computerized tongue diagnosis (CTD), as a result, has become a fundamental part of the revolution that has taken place at an ever-increasing pace over the past decade in TCM. The growing importance and rapid progress in CTD has brought about an independent and burgeoning branch in the TCM research field,
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