2023-10-22 08:32:52
An ancient practice from China, with more than 2,000 years of history, is now being adopted by computer scientists who use machine learning and artificial intelligence. Specifically, it involves examining the tongue for signs of disease.
Los lingual diagnostic systems They are rapidly gaining ground due to the increase in remote health surveillance around the world, and a study by Iraqi and Australian researchers provides further evidence of the increasing accuracy of this technology in detecting diseases.
Engineers of the Middle Technical University (MTU) of Baghdad and the University of South Australia (UniSA) they used a camera USB web and a computer to capture images of the language of 50 patients with diabetes, kidney failure and anemia, and compared the colors with a database of 9,000 images of the tongue.
Image processing
Using image processing techniques, They correctly diagnosed the diseases in 94% of the cases, compared to laboratory results. A text message was also sent to the patient or designated healthcare professional specifying the color of the tongue and the disease.
Los patients with diabetes They usually have a yellow tongue, cancer patients have a purple tongue with a thick fatty layer, and acute stroke patients have a red tongue that is often twisted.
Ali Al-Naji, associate professor at MTU and UniSA, and his colleagues review the Global advances in computer-aided disease diagnosisbased on the color of the tongue, in his new article published in the journal ‘AIP Conference Proceedings’.
Pioneering technique in China
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“Thousands of years ago, Chinese medicine pioneered the practice of examine the tongue for diseases –explains Professor Al-Naji–. “Conventional medicine has long supported this method, demonstrating that the color, shape and thickness of the tongue can reveal signs of diabetes, liver, circulatory and digestive problems, as well as blood and heart diseases.”
“Going one step further, new methods for diagnosing diseases based on the appearance of the tongue are now carried out remotely using artificial intelligence and a camera, even a smartphone,” he explains. “The computerized analysis of the tongue is very precise and could help diagnose diseases at a distance safe, effective, easy, painless and cost-effective way. This is especially relevant in the wake of a global pandemic like COVID, where access to health facilities may be compromised,” she stresses.
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