Research Article

Artificial Intelligence-Based Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus: Combining Fundus Photography with Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnostic Methodology

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Example of detected tongue conditions. Three types of physical patterns that can be detected and analyzed are shown: both sides of the tongue and the fur of the tongue. Each characteristic reveals certain aspects of the subject’s health condition. For example, a putrid fur on the tongue is a signal of indigestion.

Detected tongue condition
FeatureEvaluation by TCM

Front side of the tongue: light red, the edge of the tongue is sharp redFire in the liver and gallbladder
Fur on the tongue: putridIndigestion
Back side of the tongue: normalQiXue runs smoothly