中医舌象分析关键技术研究

舌诊是通过观察舌象了解人体生理功能和病理变化的传统中医方法。本申请利用信⒖蒲У墓鄣阌敕椒ㄑ芯可嘞蠓治龅墓丶际酰ú杉肪车谋曜蓟⑸嘞笾副辏ㄉ嘀室约吧嗵Φ难丈⒎植肌⒑穸取⑹取⒅实氐龋┑淖远糠治鲆约吧嘈翁治龅取Ｑ芯砍晒贫幸较执慕蹋俳畔⒖蒲в胱婀骋窖У慕蝗诜⒄梗卮缶糜肷缁嵝б妗

Tongue Diagnosis is one of the essential methods in traditional Chinese medical diagnosis. The accuracy of tongue diagnosis can be improved by tongue characterization. This work investigates the use of image analysis techniques for tongue characterization by evaluating visual features obtained from images. A Tongue Imaging and Analysis Instrument (TIAI) was developed to acquire digital color tongue images. Several novel approaches are presented for color calibration, tongue area segmentation, quantitative analysis and qualitative description for the color of tongue and its coating, the thickness and moisture of coating and quantification of the cracks of the tongue. The overall accuracy of the automatic analysis of the colors of tongue and the thickness of tongue coating exceeds 80%. This work shows the promising future of tongue characterization.