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Tongue Disease Prediction Based on Machine Learning Algorithms
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Tongue Coloration and Associated Diseases
A change in tongue color may indicate several diseases. The following are some examples of diseases and associated tongue coloration:- Yellow tongue - Diabetes
- Purple tongue with thick greasy coating - Cancer
- Unusually shaped red tongue - Acute stroke
- White tongue - Anemia
- Deep red tongue - severe COVID-19
- Indigo or violet tongue - Vascular and gastrointestinal issues or asthma.
Engineering researchers from Middle Technical University (MTU) and the University of South Australia (UniSA) made the breakthrough in a series of experiments using 5260 images to train machine learning algorithms to detect tongue color.
Two teaching hospitals in the Middle East supplied 60 tongue images from patients with various health conditions. The artificial intelligence (AI) model matched the tongue color with the disease in almost all cases.
Blending Traditional Method With AI
A new paper published in Technologies outlines how the proposed system analyses tongue color to provide on-the-spot diagnosis, confirming that AI holds the key to many medical advances.Senior author, MTU and UniSA Adjunct Associate Professor Ali Al-Naji, says AI is replicating a 2000-year-old practice widely used in traditional Chinese medicine – examining the tongue for signs of disease.
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In the study, cameras placed 20 centimeters from a patient captured their tongue color and the imaging system predicted their health condition in real-time.
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“These results confirm that computerized tongue analysis is a secure, efficient, user-friendly, and affordable method for disease screening that backs up modern methods with a centuries-old practice,” Prof Chahl says.
Reference:
- Tongue Disease Prediction Based on Machine Learning Algorithms - ( https:doi.org/10.3390/technologies12070097)
Source-Eurekalert