Digital Chinese Medicine (Mar 2018)

Digital Chinese Medicine Research: an Overview

  • Hui-Yong Huang,
  • Jun-Feng Yan,
  • Zhi-Xi Hu

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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ABSTRACT: Digital Chinese medicine (DCM) is an emerging interdisciplinary field developed from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and information science. In this article, we consider the significance and propose an architecture for DCM research, and highlight the key tasks that need to be performed to provide references for the integration of information science into Chinese medicine research. Keywords: Interdisciplinary study, Information science, Digital Chinese medicine (DCM), Syndrome differentiation, Digital model