Title :
Chinese medicine in new century and the research on Photonic Chinese Medicine
Author_Institution :
Chinese Acad. of Sci., South China Normal Univ., Guangzhou
Abstract :
Traditional chinese medicine (TCM) takes advantages with phenomenal and philosophical principle, that is curative, easy to practice, and low expense, and reliable. The traditional chinese medicine is now armed with advanced technique to develop on diagnosis & clinic technologiesdasia standardization, Medicament typesdasia reformation, digitized with the help of computer, precise diagnosis and curative that make TCM more objective and sensitive, easy to be understand, extensively being used everywhere. For example, the color and luster diagnosis measured with optical coherence tomography (OCT), thermal texture maps (TTM) analyzed with principle of TCM.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; laser applications in medicine; optical tomography; radiation therapy; skin; BIANSHI; color diagnosis; erythrocytic deformability; herbs observation; information theory; laser acupuncture; low intensity laser irradiation; low power He-Ne laser illumination; luster diagnosis; optical coherence tomography; photonic Chinese medicine; physical therapy; radiation therapy; skin; stone needle; therapeutic effect; thermal texture maps; traditional Chinese medicine; Biomedical computing; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical informatics; Engineering in medicine and biology; Laser modes; Laser theory; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, 2008. ITAB 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shenzhen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2254-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2255-5
DOI :
10.1109/ITAB.2008.4570503
