The Training Effect of Chinese Medicine Inspection Using Color Vision Test

Author

Liang Rong ; Li Danxi ; Tian Ding ; Chui Ying Yiu ; Chen Dongning ; Wang Zhaoping

Author_Institution

Dept. of TCM Diagnostics, Beijing Univ. of Chinese Med., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

May 30 2014-June 1 2014

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

34

Abstract

Objective To quantify and evaluate the result of the application of Farnsworth-Munsell (FM) 100 Hue Test in training of Chinese medicine inspection skills. Methods 113 students in Beijing University of Chinese Medicine were selected as participants. FM 100 Hue Test was used to evaluate and train the students´ color vision ability. The Testing Error Score (TES) and color discrimination before and after training were observed. Results Compared to before training, all participants´ color vision ability were improved, TES were reduced significantly (P <; 0.01) after training. For those who scored excellent and average before training, their TES were improved significantly (P <; 0.01), and for those who scored poor before training managed to improve their TES to an average score (P <; 0.01). Conclusion FM 100 Hue Test could objectively evaluate and effectively improve the color discrimination of medicos. The result could be quantify and is reliable.

Keywords

colour vision; medical diagnostic computing; patient diagnosis; Chinese medicine inspection skills; Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test; color discrimination; color vision test; participant color vision ability; student color vision ability; testing error score; training effect; Color; Frequency modulation; Image color analysis; Inspection; Medical diagnostic imaging; Software; Training; Chinese Medicine Diagnosics; Chinese Medicine Inspection; Color Vision Ability; Farnsworth-Munsell (FM) 100 Hue Test;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Biometrics, 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shenzhen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4014-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMB.2014.13

Filename

6845821