title: [Evaluation of therapeutic effects of Chinese materia medica by tongue image analysis software 1.0 based on tongue colors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the therapeutic effects of Chinese materia medica in treating patients with different syndromes by tongue image analysis software 1.0 based on tongue colors, and to discuss the feasibility of applying this computer science-based techniques into drug evaluation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The tongue colors and the areas of tongue fur were examined and analyzed by the tongue image analysis software 1.0 in healthy persons and the patients with different syndromes before and after treatment. The parameters of tongue colors consisted of the followings: the hue (H), the lightness (L), the saturation (S), and the values of red (R), green (G) and blue (B).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Obvious differences could be revealed in tongue color index between the healthy persons and the patients in five groups of different syndromes. There also existed some significant differences in those index between patients before and after treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The tongue image analysis software 1.0 based on tongue colors is helpful to evaluate the therapeutic effects of Chinese materia medica.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Taicang First People's Hospital, Taicang, Jiangsu Province 215400, China. zf153505032@sina.com
authors.forename: Feng-Lan
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Zhi-Feng
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chang-Le
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jia-Tuo
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiao-Gu
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wen-Shu
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hui-Qing
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003116:Color; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D014059:Tongue; D016711:Yang Deficiency / Q000188:drug therapy; D016710:Yin Deficiency / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal