青光眼患者福音：用手机测眼压
<p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="treating">treating</span> <span word="glaucoma">glaucoma</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="goal">goal</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="assuring">assuring</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="patient">patient</span> <span word="don">don</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="blind">blind</span>.</p><p>在治疗青光眼上，眼科医生的目标通常是确保病人不会失明。</p><p><span word="That">That</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="relatively">relatively</span> <span word="easy">easy</span>. <span word="Give">Give</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="drops">drops</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="refer">refer</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="surgery">surgery</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="helps">helps</span> <span word="relieve">relieve</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="intraocular">intraocular</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> (<span word="IOP">IOP</span>) <span word="inside">inside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="eye">eye</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="current">current</span> <span word="technology">technology</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="measure">measure</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="fluctuates">fluctuates</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="measurements">measurements</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="done">done</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="doctor">doctor</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="office">office</span>.</p><p>这个目标看似不难，只要给他们开点眼药水或让他们去做手术就行了，手术主要是为了降低眼压。但是凭借现有技术，测量眼压是有难度的，因为眼压的波动比较大，而且测眼压的过程必须要在医生的办公室里完成。</p><p><span word="That">That</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="change">change</span>, <span word="thanks">thanks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="device">device</span> <span word="described">described</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nature">Nature</span> <span word="Medicine">Medicine</span>.</p><p>但是借助于《自然医学》杂志描述的一种新设备，这种情况可能很快就会改变。</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Stanford">Stanford</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Bar">Bar</span>-<span word="Ilan">Ilan</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Israel">Israel</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="designed">designed</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="implantable">implantable</span> <span word="sensor">sensor</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="smartphone">smartphone</span> <span word="camera">camera</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="allows">allows</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="patient">patient</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="readings">readings</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="accuracy">accuracy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="data">data</span>.</p><p>美国斯坦福大学（<span word="Stanford">Stanford</span> <span word="University">University</span>）和以色列巴伊兰大学（<span word="Bar">Bar</span>-<span word="Ilan">Ilan</span> <span word="University">University</span>）的研究团队设计了一款可植入式的传感器，通过智能手机摄像头就可以获得它的读数。因此患者完全可以自行读取读数，同时它也提高了眼压数据的准确性。</p>
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