ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Traditional Chinese Medicine Pulse Diagnosis on a Smartphone Using Skin Impedance at Acupoints: A Feasibility Study.
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- A Hybrid Network Integrating 1DCNN, GRU, and ISENet for Pulse Signal Pattern Analysis.Journal of pregnancy · 2026Article
- AI: Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Modern Innovation in Traditional Chinese Medicine.JMIR medical informatics · 2024Article
- Treatment of Hypothyroidism and Stress Using Neuro-Emotional Technique (NET): A Case Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- Reflex Auriculo-Cardiac (RAC) Induced by Auricular Laser and Needle Acupuncture: New Case Results Using a Smartphone.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Effect of Lifting-and-Thrusting Laser Acupuncture on Electrodermal Activity of Acupoints, Pulse Characteristics, and Brainwave.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Article
- Chinese Medicine Phenomics (Chinmedphenomics): Personalized, Precise and Promising.Phenomics (Cham, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Laser Acupuncture and Dynamic Pulse Reaction Quantified by Smartphone:Two Experimental Examples.Medical acupuncture · 2022Article
- An Initial Study on Automated Acupoint Positioning for Laser Acupuncture.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
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Abstract
In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), pulse diagnosis is one of the most important methods for diagnosis. A pulse can be felt by applying firm fingertip pressure to the skin where the arteries travel. The pulse diagnosis has become an important tool not only for TCM practitioners but also for several areas of Western medicine. Many pulse measuring devices have been proposed to obtain objective pulse conditions. In the past, pulse diagnosis instruments were single-point sensing methods, which missed a lot of information. Later, multi-point sensing instruments were developed that resolved this issue but were much higher in cost and lacked mobility. In this article, based on the concept of sensor fusion, we describe a portable low-cost system for TCM pulse-type estimation using a smartphone connected to two sensors, including one photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor and one galvanic skin response (GSR) sensor. As a proof of concept, we collected five-minute PPG pulse information and skin impedance on 24 acupoints from 80 subjects. Based on these collected data, we implemented a fully connected neural network (FCN), which was able to provide high prediction accuracy (>90%) for patients with a TCM wiry pulse.
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