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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2019

Machine-readable Yin-Yang imbalance: traditional Chinese medicine syndrome computer modeling based on three-dimensional noninvasive cardiac electrophysiology imaging.

Wei Cen, Ralph Hoppe, Aiwu Sun, Hongyan Ding, Ning Gu

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wei Cen1 Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9418-8988
Ralph Hoppe3 Ganzheitliches Gesundheits Zentrum, Germany.
Aiwu Sun1 Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China.
Hongyan Ding1 Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China.
Ning Gu4 The Third Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, China.
Huaiyin Institute of Technology · CNNanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNTechnische Universität Ilmenau · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe principal diagnostic methods of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are inspection, auscultation and olfaction, inquiry, and pulse-taking. Treatment by syndrome differentiation is likely to be subjective. This study was designed to provide a basic theory for TCM diagnosis and establish an objective means of evaluating the correctness of syndrome differentiation.

methodsWe herein provide the basic theory of TCM syndrome computer modeling based on a noninvasive cardiac electrophysiology imaging technique. Noninvasive cardiac electrophysiology imaging records the heart's electrical activity from hundreds of electrodes on the patient's torso surface and therefore provides much more information than 12-lead electrocardiography. Through mathematical reconstruction algorithm calculations, the reconstructed heart model is a machine-readable description of the underlying mathematical physics model that reveals the detailed three-dimensional (3D) electrophysiological activity of the heart.

resultsFrom part of the simulation results, the imaged 3D cardiac electrical source provides dynamic information regarding the heart's electrical activity at any given location within the 3D myocardium.

conclusionsThis noninvasive cardiac electrophysiology imaging method is suitable for translating TCM syndromes into a computable format of the underlying mathematical physics model to offer TCM diagnosis evidence-based standards for ensuring correct evaluation and rigorous, scientific data for demonstrating its efficacy.

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AlgorithmsComputer SimulationElectrophysiologyAdolescentAdultAgedDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalMaleMedicine, Chinese TraditionalMiddle AgedPrognosisCardiac electrophysiology imagingcomputer modelingforward probleminverse problemtraditional Chinese medicineYangYin

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