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1 Introduction to Tongue Image Analysis |
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1.1 Tongue Inspection for Medical Applications |
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3 | (3) |
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1.2 Computerized Tongue Diagnosis System |
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6 | (1) |
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1.3 Research Review on Tongue Image Analysis |
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7 | (4) |
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1.3.1 Tongue Image Acquisition |
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7 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Tongue Image Preprocessing |
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8 | (2) |
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1.3.3 Qualitative Feature Extraction |
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10 | (1) |
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1.3.4 Diagnostic Classification |
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11 | (1) |
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1.4 Issues and Challenges |
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11 | (8) |
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1.4.1 Inconsistent Image Acquisition |
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12 | (1) |
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1.4.2 Inaccurate Color Correction |
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13 | (1) |
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1.4.3 Subjective Tongue Color Extraction and Classification |
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14 | (1) |
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14 | (5) |
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2 Tongue Images Acquisition System Design |
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19 | (3) |
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2.2 System Framework and Requirement Analysis |
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22 | (5) |
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23 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Requirement Analysis |
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24 | (3) |
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2.3 Optimal System Design |
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27 | (8) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (2) |
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2.3.5 System Implementation and Calibration |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (7) |
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2.4.1 Illumination Uniformity |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (4) |
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41 | (1) |
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2.4.4 Typical Tongue Images |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (5) |
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43 | (4) |
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Part II Tongue Image Segmentation and Shape Classification |
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3 Tongue Image Segmentation by Bi-elliptical Deformable Contour |
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47 | (24) |
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47 | (3) |
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3.2 Bi-elliptical Deformable Template for the Tongue |
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50 | (5) |
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3.2.1 Definitions and Notations |
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50 | (1) |
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3.2.2 The Tongue Template |
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51 | (1) |
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3.2.3 Energy Function for the Tongue Template |
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52 | (3) |
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3.3 Combined Model for Tongue Segmentation |
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55 | (7) |
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3.3.1 Two Kinds of Template Forces |
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56 | (3) |
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3.3.2 Bi-elliptical Deformable Contours |
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59 | (3) |
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3.4 Experiment Results and Analysis |
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62 | (7) |
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69 | (2) |
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69 | (2) |
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4 A Snake-Based Approach to Automated Tongue Image Segmentation |
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71 | (18) |
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71 | (2) |
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4.2 Automated Segmentation Algorithm for Tongue Images |
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73 | (7) |
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4.2.1 Polar Edge Detection of Tongue Image |
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73 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Filtering and Binarization of the Edge Image |
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75 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Initialization and ACM |
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76 | (2) |
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4.2.4 Summary of the Automated Tongue Segmentation Method |
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78 | (2) |
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4.3 Experiments and Discussion |
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80 | (7) |
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4.3.1 Evaluation on the Edge Filtering Algorithm |
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80 | (1) |
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4.3.2 Qualitative Evaluation |
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80 | (2) |
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4.3.3 Quantitative Evaluation |
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82 | (5) |
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87 | (2) |
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87 | (2) |
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5 Tongue Segmentation in Hyperspectral Images |
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89 | (14) |
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89 | (2) |
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5.2 Setup of the Hyperspectral Device |
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91 | (1) |
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5.3 Segmentation Framework |
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92 | (4) |
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5.3.1 Hyperspectral Image Calibration |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (2) |
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5.4 Experiments and Comparisons |
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96 | (5) |
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5.4.1 Criteria of Evaluation |
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98 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Comparison with the BEDC |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (2) |
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101 | (2) |
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6 Tongue Segmentation by Gradient Vector Flow and Region Merging |
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103 | (12) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (2) |
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6.3 Extraction of Tongue Area |
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106 | (2) |
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106 | (1) |
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6.3.2 The Extraction of the Tongue Body by Using the MRSM Algorithm |
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107 | (1) |
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6.4 Experimental Results and Discussions |
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108 | (4) |
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6.4.1 Experimental Results |
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108 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Qualitative Evaluation |
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109 | (1) |
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6.4.3 Quantitative Evaluation |
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110 | (1) |
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6.4.4 Running Time of the Proposed Method |
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111 | (1) |
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6.4.5 Limitations of the Proposed Method |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (3) |
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113 | (2) |
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7 Tongue Segmentation by Fusing Region-Based and Edge-Based Approaches |
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115 | (18) |
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115 | (2) |
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7.2 Extraction of the ROI to Enhance Robustness |
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117 | (3) |
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7.3 Combining Region-Based and Edge-Based Approaches |
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120 | (7) |
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7.3.1 Region-Based Approach: Improved MSRM |
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121 | (2) |
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7.3.2 Optimal Edge-Based Approach: Fast Marching |
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123 | (2) |
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7.3.3 The Fusion Approach as a Solution |
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125 | (2) |
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7.4 Experiments and Comparisons |
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127 | (3) |
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7.4.1 Qualitative Evaluation |
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127 | (2) |
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7.4.2 Quantitative Evaluation |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (3) |
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8 Tongue Shape Classification by Geometric Features |
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133 | (24) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (5) |
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8.2.1 Automatic Contour Extraction |
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135 | (1) |
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8.2.2 The Length Criterion |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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8.2.4 The Angle Criterion |
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137 | (1) |
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8.2.5 Correction by Combination |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (5) |
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8.3.1 The Length-Based Feature |
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140 | (1) |
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8.3.2 The Area-Based Feature |
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141 | (2) |
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8.3.3 The Angle-Based Feature |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (4) |
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8.4.1 Modeling the Classification as a Hierarchy |
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144 | (2) |
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8.4.2 Calculating Relative Weights |
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146 | (1) |
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8.4.3 Calculating the Global Weights |
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147 | (1) |
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8.4.4 Fuzzy Shape Classification |
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147 | (1) |
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8.5 Experimental Results and Performance Analysis |
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148 | (4) |
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8.5.1 Accuracy of Shape Correction |
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148 | (1) |
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8.5.2 Accuracy of Shape Classification |
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149 | (3) |
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152 | (5) |
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152 | (5) |
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Part III Tongue Color Correction and Classification |
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9 Color Correction Scheme for Tongue Images |
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157 | (22) |
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157 | (2) |
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9.2 Color Space for Tongue Analysis |
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159 | (2) |
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9.3 Color Correction Algorithms |
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161 | (8) |
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9.3.1 Definitions of Algorithms |
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162 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Evaluation of the Correction Algorithms |
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163 | (1) |
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9.3.3 Experiments and Results |
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164 | (5) |
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9.4 Experimental Results and Performance Analysis |
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169 | (7) |
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9.4.1 Color Correction by Different Cameras |
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170 | (1) |
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9.4.2 Color Correction Under Different Lighting Conditions |
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171 | (2) |
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9.4.3 Performance Analysis |
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173 | (1) |
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9.4.4 Correction on Real Tongue Images |
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174 | (2) |
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176 | (3) |
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177 | (2) |
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10 Tongue Colorchecker for Precise Correction |
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179 | (28) |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (2) |
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10.3 Determination of the Number of Colors |
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183 | (7) |
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10.3.1 Setting for Number Deciding Experiment |
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184 | (3) |
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10.3.2 Results of Number Determination |
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187 | (3) |
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10.4 Optimal Colors Selection |
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190 | (5) |
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10.4.1 Objective Function |
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190 | (2) |
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10.4.2 Selection Algorithms |
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192 | (3) |
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10.5 Experimental Results and Performance Analysis |
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195 | (9) |
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10.5.1 Experimental Configuration |
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195 | (1) |
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10.5.2 Parameter Optimization |
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196 | (8) |
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204 | (3) |
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204 | (3) |
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11 Tongue Color Analysis for Medical Application |
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207 | (18) |
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207 | (2) |
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11.2 Tongue Image Acquisition Device and Dataset |
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209 | (1) |
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11.3 Tongue Color Gamut and Color Features Extraction |
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210 | (5) |
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11.3.1 Tongue Color Gamut |
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210 | (2) |
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11.3.2 Tongue Color Features |
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212 | (3) |
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11.4 Results and Discussion |
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215 | (7) |
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11.4.1 Healthy Versus Disease Classification |
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215 | (1) |
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11.4.2 Typical Disease Analysis |
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216 | (6) |
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222 | (3) |
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223 | (2) |
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12 Statistical Analysis of Tongue Color and Its Applications in Diagnosis |
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225 | (26) |
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225 | (2) |
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12.2 Tongue Image Acquisition and Database |
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227 | (4) |
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12.2.1 Tongue Image Acquisition Device |
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227 | (1) |
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12.2.2 Color Correction of Tongue Images |
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228 | (2) |
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12.2.3 Tongue Image Database |
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230 | (1) |
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12.3 Tongue Color Distribution Analysis |
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231 | (13) |
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12.3.1 Tongue Color Gamut: Generation and Modeling |
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231 | (8) |
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12.3.2 Tongue Color Centers |
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239 | (3) |
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12.3.3 Distribution of Typical Image Features |
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242 | (2) |
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12.4 Color Feature Extraction |
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244 | (4) |
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12.4.1 Tongue Color Feature Vector |
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245 | (1) |
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12.4.2 Typical Samples of Tongue Color Representation |
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245 | (3) |
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248 | (3) |
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13 Hyperspectral Tongue Image Classification |
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251 | (14) |
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251 | (2) |
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13.2 Hyperpectral Images for Tongue Diagnosis |
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253 | (1) |
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13.3 The Classifier Applied to Hyperspectral Tongue Images |
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254 | (3) |
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13.3.1 Linear SVM: Linearly Separable |
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254 | (1) |
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13.3.2 Linear SVM: Linearly Non-separable |
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255 | (1) |
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256 | (1) |
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13.4 Experimental Results and Performance Analysis |
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257 | (3) |
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13.4.1 Comparing Linear and Non-linear SVM, RBFNN, and K-NN Classifiers |
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257 | (1) |
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13.4.2 Evaluating the Diagnostic Performance of SVM |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (5) |
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261 | (4) |
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Part IV Tongue Image Analysis and Diagnosis |
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14 Computerized Tongue Diagnosis Based on Bayesian Networks |
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265 | (16) |
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265 | (1) |
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14.2 Tongue Diagnosis Using Bayesian Networks |
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266 | (3) |
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14.3 Quantitative Pathological Features Extraction |
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269 | (3) |
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14.3.1 Quantitative Color Features |
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269 | (1) |
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14.3.2 Quantitative Texture Features |
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270 | (2) |
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14.4 Experimental Results |
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272 | (7) |
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273 | (1) |
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14.4.2 Bayesian Network Classifier Based on Textural Features |
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274 | (1) |
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14.4.3 Bayesian Network Classifier Based on Chromatic Features |
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275 | (1) |
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14.4.4 Bayesian Network Classifier Based on Combined Features |
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276 | (3) |
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279 | (2) |
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15 Tongue Image Analysis for Appendicitis Diagnosis |
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281 | (14) |
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281 | (1) |
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15.2 Chromatic and Textural Features for Tongue Diagnosis |
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282 | (2) |
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15.2.1 The Image of the Tongue of a Patient with Appendicitis |
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282 | (1) |
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15.2.2 Quantitative Features of the Color of the Tongue |
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283 | (1) |
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15.2.3 Quantitative Features of the Texture of the Tongue |
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283 | (1) |
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15.3 Identification of Filiform Papillae |
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284 | (3) |
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15.3.1 Typical Figures and Statistics of Filiform Papillae |
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284 | (2) |
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15.3.2 Filter for Filiform Papillae |
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286 | (1) |
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15.4 Experimental Results and Analysis |
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287 | (6) |
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15.4.1 Evaluation Basis for Diagnosis |
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288 | (1) |
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15.4.2 Performance of Metrics for Color |
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288 | (2) |
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15.4.3 Performance of Textural Metrics |
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290 | (1) |
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15.4.4 Performance of the FPF |
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291 | (2) |
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293 | (2) |
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16 Diagnosis Using Quantitative Tongue Feature Classification |
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295 | (8) |
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295 | (1) |
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16.2 Tongue Image Samples |
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296 | (1) |
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16.3 Quantitative Chromatic and Textural Measurements |
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296 | (2) |
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298 | (1) |
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16.5 Results and Analysis |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (4) |
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301 | (2) |
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17 Detecting Diabetes Mellitus and Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Using CTD |
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303 | (26) |
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303 | (2) |
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17.2 Capture Device and Tongue Image Preprocessing |
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305 | (1) |
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17.3 Tongue Color Features |
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306 | (5) |
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17.3.1 Tongue Color Gamut |
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306 | (1) |
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17.3.2 Color Feature Extraction |
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307 | (4) |
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17.4 Tongue Texture Features |
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311 | (2) |
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17.5 Tongue Geometric Features |
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313 | (4) |
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17.6 Numerical Results and Discussion |
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317 | (6) |
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17.6.1 Healthy Versus DM Classification |
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317 | (4) |
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17.6.2 NPDR Versus DM-Sans NPDR Classification |
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321 | (2) |
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323 | (6) |
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324 | (5) |
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Part V Book Recapitulation |
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18 Book Review and Future Work |
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329 | (4) |
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329 | (1) |
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