Multimodal fusion research in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)inspection has greatly improved the accuracy of identification results with the help of emerging technologies in science and technology.At present,multimodal fusion technology is used in the integration of the parameters collected by the inspection instruments and the analysis of the parameters,which is represented by the development and application of the tongue inspection in-strument,the face inspection instrument and the eye inspection instrument.However,the multimodal fusion research of TCM inspection has problems such as insufficient comprehensiveness and accuracy of parameter acquisition,diffi-culty in parameter integration for fusion analysis,and low clinical practicability of identification results.It is believed that,while keeping up with the cutting-edge science and technology,research on multimodal fusion of TCM inspec-tion should be guided by the holism concept of TCM,and should focus on the enhancement of comprehensiveness and accuracy of multimodal parameter acquisition,standardisation of parameter fusion,and fusion of identification results,so as to gradually promote the objectivity,intelligence and modernisation of the four diagnostic methods of TCM.
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