Deep Learning Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Diseases Depending on Tongue Images

Tongue diagnosis is an important part of traditional Chinese medicine.According to traditional Chinese medicine theory,health condition can assessed by observing tougue features,including color, gloss, shape and coating of the tongue, tongue features reflect gastric mucosal state, disease classification and prognosis. Recently, deep learning based on central neural networks (CNN) has shownTongue diagnosis is an important part of traditional Chinese medicine.According to traditional Chinese medicine theory,health condition can assessed by observing tougue features,including color, gloss, shape and coating of the tongue, tongue features reflect gastric mucosal state, disease classification and prognosis. Recently, deep learning based on central neural networks (CNN) has shown multiple potential in detecting and diagnosing gastrointestinal diseases. However, there is still a blank in recognition of gastrointestinal diseases .This study aims to develop and validate a deep learning algorithm for the diagnosis of digestive tract diseases depending on tongue images,and analyze gastrointestinal flora of common tongue images.