An annotated dataset of tongue images supporting geriatric disease diagnosis

Autor: Dan Shi, Chunlei Tang, Suzanne V. Blackley, Liqin Wang, Jiahong Yang, Yanming He, Samuel I. Bennett, Yun Xiong, Xiao Shi, Li Zhou, David W. Bates
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Data in Brief, Vol 32, Iss , Pp 106153- (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2352-3409
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106153
Popis: Hospitalized geriatric patients are a highly heterogeneous group often with variable diseases and conditions. Physicians, and geriatricians especially, are devoted to seeking non-invasive testing tools to support a timely, accurate diagnosis. Chinese tongue diagnosis, mainly based on the color and texture of the tongue, offers a unique solution. To develop a non-invasive assessment tool using machine learning in supporting a timely, accurate diagnosis in the elderly, we created an annotated dataset of 15% of 688 (=100) tongue images collected from hospitalized geriatric patients in a tertiary hospital in Shanghai, China. Images were captured via a light-field camera using CIELAB color space (to simulate human visual perception) and then were manually labeled by a panel of subject matter experts after chart reviewing patients’ clinical information documented in the hospital's information system. We expect that the dataset can assist in implementing a systematic means of conducting Chinese tongue diagnosis, predicting geriatric syndromes using tongue appearance, and even developing an mHealth application to provide individualized health suggestions for the elderly.
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