An objective review of the technological developments for radial pulse diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 321-331

  Velik, Rosemarie ^a,b  

^a JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b European Institute of Oriental Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pattern recognition; Pulse acquisition system; Pulse diagnosis; Pulse sensors; Review; Signal processing; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PALPATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE RATE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKIN SURFACE;

EID: 84941260432     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2015.06.006     Document Type: Review

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