Extraction of tongue feature related to TCM physique based on image processing

System of traditional Chinese medicine has always been emphasized by people, have heavy depending on the individual difference factors in disease, the role of development, this kind of subtle change, tongue can fast and accurate present right now. Using tongue diagnosis to identification of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physique, which in clinical can be applied to the health, health physical examination and individual health insurance health, for the medical “cure not ill” provide convenient diagnostic method. This paper describes a quantitative study on the tongue characters related to Chinese medicine physique by the means of the image processing.