Tongue Image Analysis

• Main Authors: Zhang, David (Author), Zhang, Hongzhi (Author), Zhang, Bob (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Medicine, Chinese.; Health informatics.; Image processing.; Pattern recognition.; Biometrics (Biology).; Biomedical engineering.; Computer Science.; Biometrics.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Pattern Recognition.; Traditional Chinese Medicine.; Biomedical Engineering.; Health Informatics.

This is the first book offering a systematic description of tongue image analysis and processing technologies and their typical applications in computerized tongue diagnostic (CTD) systems. It features the most current research findings in all aspects of tongue image acquisition, preprocessing, clas...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction to Tongue Image Analysis
• 2. Tongue Images Acquisition System Design
• 3. Tongue Image Segmentation by Bi-Elliptical Deformable Contour
• 4. A Snake-Based Approach to Automated Tongue Image Segmentation
• 5. Tongue Segmentation in Hyperspectral Images
• 6. Tongue Segmentation by Gradient Vector Flow and Region Merging
• 7. Tongue Segmentation by Fusing Region-based and Edge-based Approaches
• 8. Tongue Shape Classification by Geometric Features
• 9. Color Correction Scheme for Tongue Images
• 10. Tongue Color Checker for Precise Correction
• 11. Tongue Color Analysis for Medical Application
• 12. Statistical Analysis of Tongue Color and Its Applications in Diagnosis
• 13. Hyperspetral Tongue Image Classification
• 14. Computerized Tongue Diagnosis based on Bayesian Networks
• 15. Tongue Image Analysis for Appendicitis Diagnosis
• 16. Diagnosis Using Quantitative Tongue Feature Classification
• 17. Detecting Diabetes Mellitus and Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Using CTD Introduction
• 18. Book Review and Future Word.