title: A precise and accurate acupoint location obtained on the face using consistency matrix pointwise fusion method.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a more precise and accurate method, and identified a procedure to measure whether an acupoint had been correctly located.
  
  
  METHODS
  On the face, we used an acupoint location from different acupuncture experts and obtained the most precise and accurate values of acupoint location based on the consistency information fusion algorithm, through a virtual simulation of the facial orientation coordinate system.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Because of inconsistencies in each acupuncture expert's original data, the system error the general weight calculation. First, we corrected each expert of acupoint location system error itself, to obtain a rational quantification for each expert of acupuncture and moxibustion acupoint location consistent support degree, to obtain pointwise variable precision fusion results, to put every expert's acupuncture acupoint location fusion error enhanced to pointwise variable precision. Then, we more effectively used the measured characteristics of different acupuncture expert's acupoint location, to improve the measurement information utilization efficiency and acupuncture acupoint location precision and accuracy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on using the consistency matrix pointwise fusion method on the acupuncture experts' acupoint location values, each expert's acupoint location information could be calculated, and the most precise and accurate values of each expert's acupoint location could be obtained.
authors.forename: Xuming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yanq
authors.forename: Yijun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Xuanzhong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Zheyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hongmei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Lingyu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans