Automatic acquisition and analytic procedure of acupuncture manipulation based on optical navigation.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250126-0001
- Author:
Changshuai ZHANG
1
;
Zihao FENG
1
;
Weichao CHANG
1
;
Weigang MA
2
;
Yongjian WU
2
;
Haiming LI
1
;
Xingfang PAN
2
;
Haiyan REN
3
;
Yangyang LIU
2
;
Zhaoshui HE
4
;
Wenjun TAN
1
Author Information
1. Key Laboratory of Intelligent Medical Image Computing, Ministry of Education, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning Province, China; School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning Province; National Center for Advanced Science of Industrial Intelligence and System Optimization, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning Province.
2. School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Tianjin University of TCM.
3. School of TCM, Tianjin University of TCM.
4. School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acquisition analysis;
acupuncture;
manipulation;
miniature pigs;
optical navigation
- MeSH:
Acupuncture Therapy/methods*;
Male;
Animals;
Swine;
Acupuncture Points;
Humans;
Swine, Miniature;
Needles
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2025;45(10):1383-1390
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
This paper presents an automatic acquisition and analytic procedure of acupuncture manipulation based on optical navigation, aiming at solving the shortcomings of existing acquisition methods of acupuncture manipulation. An acquisition holder installed at the handle tail of filiform needle was designed to display the movement trajectory of the needle during acupuncture delivery by collecting the movement trajectory of holder. The 3-month old male Bama miniature pig was selected as the experimental subject, and 6 points, "Bojian" "Qiangfeng" "Housanli" "Xiaokua" "Huiyang" (BL35) and "Baihui" (GV20), were selected during acupuncture manipulation. The optical navigation system was used to collect the real-time data, and these data were per-processed and analyzed using mean filtering and Fourier transform. The acupuncture procedure was divided into 3 stages, inserting, lifting-thrusting, and twisting. The results showed that the accuracy was 96.3% at lifting-thrusting stage, and that was 100.0% at twisting stage. The decomposition effect of the entire procedure was satisfactory. This study provides a new approach to the quantitative analysis of acupuncture manipulation. In the future, it needs to further optimize the algorithm and expand the sample size so as to improve the accuracy of this analytic technique.
