A new method for identification of traditional Chinese medicine constitution based on tongue features with machine learning.

Journal: Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The theory of Chinese medicine (TCM) constitution contributes to the optimisation of individualised healthcare programmes. However, at present, TCM constitution identification mainly relies on inefficient questionnaires with subjective bias. Efficient and accurate TCM constitution identification can play an important role in individualised medicine and healthcare.

Authors

  • Mei Zhao
    College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China. Electronic address: zhaomei@qust.edu.cn.
  • Hengyu Zhou
  • Jing Wang
    Endoscopy Center, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China.
  • Yongyue Liu
  • Xiaoqing Zhang
    a College of Information Science and Technology , Donghua University , Shanghai , China.