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http://dx.doi.org/10.15188/kjopp.2021.10.35.5.132

Suggestions for the Study of Acupoint Indications in the Era of Artificial Intelligence  

Chae, Youn Byoung (Acupuncture & Meridian Science Research Center, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine / v.35, no.5, 2021 , pp. 132-138 More about this Journal
Abstract
Artificial intelligence technology sheds light on new ways of innovating acupuncture research. As acupoint selection is specific to target diseases, each acupoint is generally believed to have a specific indication. However, the specificity of acupoint selection may be not always same with the specificity of acupoint indication. In this review, we propose that the specificity of acupoint indication can be inferred from clinical data using reverse inference. Using forward inference, the prescribed acupoints for each disease can be quantified for the specificity of acupoint selection. Using reverse inference, targeted diseases for each acupoint can be quantified for the specificity of acupoint indication. It is noteworthy that the selection of an acupoint for a particular disease does not imply the acupoint has specific indications for that disease. Electronic medical record includes various symptoms and chosen acupoint combinations. Data mining approach can be useful to reveal the complex relationships between diseases and acupoints from clinical data. Combining the clinical information and the bodily sensation map, the spatial patterns of acupoint indication can be further estimated. Interoperable medical data should be collected for medical knowledge discovery and clinical decision support system. In the era of artificial intelligence, machine learning can reveal the associations between diseases and prescribed acupoints from large scale clinical data warehouse.
Keywords
Acupoint indication; Artificial intelligence; Big data; Data mining; Machine learning;
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