고연령 한국 남성의 사상 체질별 건강 수준에 따른 안색의 정량적 분석

• Published in: 동의생리병리학회지 Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 128 - 132
• Main Authors: 도준형(Jun Hyeong Do), 구본초(Bon Cho Ku), 김장웅(Jang Woong Kim), 장준수(Jun Su Jang), 김상길(Sang Gil Kim), 김근호(Keun Ho Kim), 김종열(Jong Yeol Kim)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한의병리학회 2012
• Subjects: 한의학; health status; face color; four constitution types
• ISSN: 1738-7698; 2288-2529; 2283-2529

In this paper, we performed a quantitative analysis of face color according to the health status of four constitution types. 205 Korean male in age from 65 to 80 were participated in this study and 85 subjects were finally selected for the analysis. Imaging process techniques were employed to extract feature variables associated with face color from a frontal facial image. Using the extracted feature variables, the correlations between face color and health status, face color and health status in each constitution type, and face color and four constitution types in heath status group were investigated. As the result, it was observed that the face color of healthy group contained more red component and less blue component than unhealthy group. For each constitution type, the face parts showing a significant difference according to health status were different. This is the first work which reports the correlation between the face color and health status of four constitution types with a objective method, and the numerical data for the face color according to the health status of four constitution types will be an objective standard to diagnose a patient's health status.