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Proposal for a New Noncontact Method for Measuring Tongue Moisture to Assist in Tongue Diagnosis and Development of the Tongue Image Analyzing System, Which Can Separately Record the Gloss Components of the Tongue
Joint Authors
Oji, Takeshi
Nakaguchi, Toshiya
Takeda, Kanako
Ishikawa, Yuya
Yamamoto, Satoshi
Tsumura, Norimichi
Ueda, Keigo
Nagamine, Koichi
Miyake, Yoichi
Namiki, Takao
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-01-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Tongue diagnosis is a noninvasive diagnosis and is traditionally one of the most important tools for physicians who practice Kampo (traditional Japanese) medicine.
However, it is a subjective process, and its results can depend on the experience of the physician performing it.
Previous studies have reported how to measure and evaluate the shape and color of the tongue objectively.
Therefore, this study focused on the glossy component in order to quantify tongue moisture in tongue diagnosis.
We hypothesized that moisture appears as a gloss in captured images and measured the amount of water on the tongue surface in 13 subjects.
The results showed a high correlation between the degree of gloss and the amount of water on the tongue surface and suggested that the moisture on the tongue can be estimated by the degree of gloss in a captured image.
Because the moisture level on the tongue changes during the course of taking photos, it became clear that we had to wait at least 3 minutes between photos.
Based on these results, we established the tongue image analyzing system (TIAS), which can consistently record the gloss and color of the tongue surface simultaneously.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nakaguchi, Toshiya& Takeda, Kanako& Ishikawa, Yuya& Oji, Takeshi& Yamamoto, Satoshi& Tsumura, Norimichi…[et al.]. 2015. Proposal for a New Noncontact Method for Measuring Tongue Moisture to Assist in Tongue Diagnosis and Development of the Tongue Image Analyzing System, Which Can Separately Record the Gloss Components of the Tongue. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1054750
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nakaguchi, Toshiya…[et al.]. Proposal for a New Noncontact Method for Measuring Tongue Moisture to Assist in Tongue Diagnosis and Development of the Tongue Image Analyzing System, Which Can Separately Record the Gloss Components of the Tongue. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1054750
American Medical Association (AMA)
Nakaguchi, Toshiya& Takeda, Kanako& Ishikawa, Yuya& Oji, Takeshi& Yamamoto, Satoshi& Tsumura, Norimichi…[et al.]. Proposal for a New Noncontact Method for Measuring Tongue Moisture to Assist in Tongue Diagnosis and Development of the Tongue Image Analyzing System, Which Can Separately Record the Gloss Components of the Tongue. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1054750
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1054750