Research Article
Tongue Image Database Construction Based on the Expert Opinions: Assessment for Individual Agreement and Methods for Expert Selection
Table 2
The inter-rater agreement changes after the first identification of discordant experts.
| | 25 features | inter-rater agreement | | before first identification | after first identification |
| | tongue body | pale | 0.7622 | 0.8125 | | light red | 0.3431 | 0.4357 | | red and crimson | 0.5397 | 0.6254 | | purplish | 0.7292 | 0.7845 | | old | 0.5566 | 0.6420 | | moderate texture | 0.0948 | 0.1674 | | tender | 0.5349 | 0.5842 | | enlarged | 0.3345 | 0.4411 | | moderate shape | 0.1477 | 0.2212 | | thin | 0.8389 | 0.8864 | | teeth-print | 0.4580 | 0.5349 | | red dot | 0.4911 | 0.6269 | | crack | 0.4972 | 0.5686 | | bruise | 0.7780 | 0.8787 | | petechia | 0.7803 | 0.8897 |
| | tongue fur | white fur | 0.4902 | 0.5941 | | yellowish fur | 0.6699 | 0.7398 | | black and gray fur | 0.9818 | 0.9869 | | white and yellowish fur | 0.8173 | 0.8826 | | thin fur | 0.2769 | 0.3507 | | thick fur | 0.3147 | 0.3816 | | moist fur | 0.2706 | 0.3625 | | damp and smooth fur | 0.7115 | 0.8084 | | dry and rough fur | 0.6600 | 0.7357 | | greasy fur | 0.2213 | 0.3167 |
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