Design of an intelligent symptom differentiation and electrical stimulation rehabilitation system

Abstract

In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), symptoms are mostly differentiated subjectively by doctors. This approach of symptom differentiation lacks objective basis. Moreover, it is difficult to differentiate between symptoms and treat them through electrical stimulation rehabilitation (ESR) in the absence of TCM doctors. To solve these problems, this paper designs an intelligent symptom differentiation (ISD)-ESR system, which includes a software part for dialectical analysis, and a hardware part for electric stimulation of acupoints. The system was designed with the aid of the following technologies: fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP), chromatographic decomposition, spatiotemporal slicing, optical flow field method, collaborative filtering based on deep neural network (DNN), and software-hardware fusion techniques (e.g. electrical stimulation signal control and Bluetooth multi-pass control). The proposed system was applied to treat 30 patients with primary insomnia in the sleep center of a tertiary hospital. The results show that the proposed system achieved an accuracy of 93.3% in symptom differentiation, and significantly improved the effect of electroacupuncture on insomnia (P<0.05). Overall, the proposed system makes up for the defects of existing devices, and improves the effect of rehabilitation treatment.