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Structural Design of Facial Contact Parts in Computerized Tongue Diagnosis System to Block Out External Light  

Kim, Ji-Hye (Depart. of Biofunctional Medicine & Diagnostics, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University)
Nam, Dong-Hyun (Depart. of Biofunctional Medicine & Diagnostics, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University)
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The Journal of the Society of Korean Medicine Diagnostics / v.17, no.3, 2013 , pp. 225-232 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives The aim of this study is to design a part in contact with the face of computerized tongue diagnosis system (CTDS), so that external light is effectively shielded even if the facial appearance and degree of protrusion differ when a patient opens or closes his/her jaws. Methods Each of the 4 researchers manually produced clay models of the part in contact with the face of CTDS. Shielding and contact feeling of the clay models were evaluated by 20 assessors. Based on the evaluation, we selected the appropriate model and produced the final silicon model. Then we evaluated the performance of the shielding of the completed silicon model. We took tongue pictures of 60 participants with a CTDS applying the silicon model in condition with external light and without it. The color values in RGB color model and gray scale of the tongue pictures in condition with external light were compared with those without external light. Results There was no significant difference between the color values of the picture taken in condition with external light and those without external light. Conclusions We concluded that the produced part in contact with the face of CTDS can effectively block out the external light.
Keywords
Tongue diagnosis; medical imaging; shield; computerized tongue diagnosis system;
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