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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2012

Study of a vocal feature selection method and vocal properties for discriminating four constitution types.

Keun Ho Kim, Boncho Ku, Namsik Kang, Young-Su Kim, Jun-Su Jang, Jong Yeol Kim

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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  4. Recent progress in voice-based sasang constitutional medicine: improving stability of diagnosis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013
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  7. Predicting sasang constitution using body-shape information.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2012
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Keun Ho KimDivision of Constitutional Medicine Research, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, 461-24 Jeonmin-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea.
Boncho Ku
Namsik Kang
Young-Su Kim
Jun-Su Jang
Jong Yeol Kim

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Abstract

The voice has been used to classify the four constitution types, and to recognize a subject's health condition by extracting meaningful physical quantities, in traditional Korean medicine. In this paper, we propose a method of selecting the reliable variables from various voice features, such as frequency derivative features, frequency band ratios, and intensity, from vowels and a sentence. Further, we suggest a process to extract independent variables by eliminating explanatory variables and reducing their correlation and remove outlying data to enable reliable discriminant analysis. Moreover, the suitable division of data for analysis, according to the gender and age of subjects, is discussed. Finally, the vocal features are applied to a discriminant analysis to classify each constitution type. This method of voice classification can be widely used in the u-Healthcare system of personalized medicine and for improving diagnostic accuracy.

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PMCPMC3313581

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