Cui M G, Xu B Y, Huang S J
Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100091.
Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi. 2001 Sep;21(9):670-3.
To study the tongue proper and tongue fur quantitatively in stroke patients.
Three hundred and seventy-eight stroke patients were studied by means of TCM Glossoscopy Expert System, the techniques of color digitized image processing and pattern recognition were applied to objectively study the changes of tongue proper and tongue fur.
Dark-red tongue was the commonest tongue proper, which revealed in 128 cases (33.86%) in the 378 patients investigated. There was significant difference of red (R), green (G) and blue (B) values in dark-red tongue as compared with those in pale-purple tongue, pale-white tongue, pale-red tongue, deep red tongue, purple-red tongue and blue-purple tongue (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). Thick and yellow greasy fur was the commonest in 214 cases of acute stage, it accounted for 30.84% and with a total of 66 cases. There was also significant difference in R/G and R/B values among different types of tongue fur (P < 0.01).
This quantitative study on stroke patients regarding to tongue proper and tongue fur by means of TCM Glossoscopy Expert System provides a base for standardization and quantification of diagnosis of stroke patients.
对中风患者的舌质和舌苔进行定量研究。
采用中医舌诊专家系统对378例中风患者进行研究，运用彩色数字图像处理和模式识别技术客观研究舌质和舌苔的变化。
深红色舌是最常见的舌质，在所调查的378例患者中有128例（33.86%）出现。深红色舌的红（R）、绿（G）和蓝（B）值与淡紫舌、淡白舌、淡红舌、绛舌、紫红舌和青紫舌相比有显著差异（P<0.05，P<0.01）。厚黄腻苔在急性期214例中最为常见，占30.84%，共66例。不同类型舌苔的R/G和R/B值也有显著差异（P<0.01）。
通过中医舌诊专家系统对中风患者的舌质和舌苔进行的这项定量研究为中风患者诊断的标准化和量化提供了依据。
