Method for diagnosing disease from tongue image
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1. A method for diagnosing diseases by inspecting images of an individual'"'"'s tongue comprising:
- forming a first image of said tongue, a color checker, and a portion of said individual'"'"'s face;
forming a second image of said tongue and said portion of said individual'"'"'s face;
performing a color comparison of said portion of said individual'"'"'s face in said second image to said portion of said individual'"'"'s face in said first image;
matching the colors in said second image to the colors in said first image based on said color comparison; and
diagnosing at least one disease based on changes in said first tongue image and said second tongue image.
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Abstract
A digital image processing method for a centralized multi-mode medical tongue image inspection system, comprising the steps of: forming at least one service unit (300) for performing tongue record (220) construction; forming a processing unit (320) for tongue record inspection (308); and providing communication links (330) between the service units and the processing unit.
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1. A method for diagnosing diseases by inspecting images of an individual'"'"'s tongue comprising:
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forming a first image of said tongue, a color checker, and a portion of said individual'"'"'s face; forming a second image of said tongue and said portion of said individual'"'"'s face; performing a color comparison of said portion of said individual'"'"'s face in said second image to said portion of said individual'"'"'s face in said first image; matching the colors in said second image to the colors in said first image based on said color comparison; and diagnosing at least one disease based on changes in said first tongue image and said second tongue image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8)
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4. A method for diagnosing diseases by inspecting images of an individual'"'"'s tongue comprising:
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forming a first image of said tongue and a portion of said individual'"'"'s face; forming a second image of said tongue and said portion of said individual'"'"'s face; performing a color comparison of said portion of said individual'"'"'s face in said second image to said portion of said individual'"'"'s face in said first image; matching the colors in said second image to the colors in said first image based on said color comparison; and diagnosing at least one disease based on changes in said first tongue image and said second tongue image. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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