Diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine constitution by integrating indices of tongue, acoustic sound, and pulse

• Published in: European journal of integrative medicine Vol. 27; no. NA; pp. 114 - 120
• Main Authors: Huang, Chun-Jen, Lin, Hung-Jen, Liao, Wen-Ling, Ceurvels, Will, Su, Shan-Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.04.2019
• Subjects: Acoustic sound; Constitution identification; Pulse waveform; Tongue image; Traditional Chinese medicine; RET; sSA; Tongue image; AvgP; PR; Acoustic sound; tSA; PW; ANZC; h1; h3; BS; SD; WH; YiD; LSER; MiniP; VFF; HSER; Constitution identification; VPV; YaD; MaxP; Traditional Chinese medicine; Pulse waveform; SDa; QDf; Sn; QDp; Sp; TCM

Inspection, auscultation, and pulse-taking are the three physical examinations used by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners to diagnose constitution. The aim of this study was to integrate biological signals extracted from these three examinations, including tongue image, waves of acoust...