新华网8月16日电 据科技博客网站Gizmodo报道，随着智能手机功能越来越强大，许多日常生活中的角色都能由一个小小的手机来承担，比如，最近伦敦的研发人员就在第三世界国家试验推广一款能够帮助人们检查眼部疾病的应用。
智能手机从通讯工具变成全能的三录仪（电影《星际迷航》中出现的高科技设备——本网注）是迟早的事，而且Peek（Portable Eye Examination Kit的缩写，即便携式眼部检查工具）已经在智能手机上推出，所以这种转换基本已经实现了。
Peek是由伦敦卫生和热带医学学院及其他几个医疗机构合作推广的项目，旨在给第三世界国家带去更好的医疗护理技术。在肯尼亚，Peek正在5000名没有眼科医生的患者身上试用，或许不久之后这一项目就能推广到所有人。Peek这一app利用智能手机上的摄像头检查眼部是否患有白内障，还能激活手机相机的闪光设别扫描眼睛后面，查看是否患有任何眼疾。手机屏幕上还可显示缩放自如的字母，当场便可进行视力测试。检查人员将患者的信息存储在手机上，以便随时跟踪治疗进程，手机上的GPS芯片还能获取患者的位置信息。
虽然Peek正处在试验阶段，但前景十分广阔。研发人员表示，正在进行的一项有关Peek眼部检查效力的研究结果非常乐观，国际预防失明机构将这个app称之为“一个巨大的转折”。直接联系Peek研发团队，就能亲自体验一下手机检查眼疾。如果你真的感兴趣的话，可以加入Peek在发展中国家的推广大军。
由智能手机推动的医学进步并不仅仅在眼疾诊疗方面。近些年，我们已经看到很多类似的应用程序了，比如检查皮肤癌的应用,测量心率的，还有检查耳部感染的，等等。不过，不要太过依赖这些小玩意，尽管你的手机能够做很多家庭医生能做的事情，但是手机只是手机，不是大夫。话又说回来，在世界不发达地区，能拥有这样的手机已经不错了。
译者：张艺
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Your Smartphone Can Now Be Your Eye Doctor
It was only a matter of time before smartphones made the transition from communication device to full blown Star Trek tricorder. And with the development of Peek (an acronym for Portable Eye Examination Kit), that transition is nearly complete.
Peek is a project spearheaded by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in partnership with several other medical organizations that hopes to bring better medical care to the third world.It's currently being tested on 5,o00 people in Kenya who might not otherwise have access to an eye doctor, and it's damn close to providing all of the same service.The app uses the smartphone's camera to scan the eye for cataracts and activates the camera flash to scan the back of the eye for disease. It also employs a shrinking letter on the screen to conduct eye exams in the field. Examiners keep track of the patients by storing their records on the phone, where the GPS chip also logs their location.
The product is still in the trial stages, but things look promising. The research team says that results of an on-going study on the efficacy of Peek's eye test have been encouraging, and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness calls the app "a huge game changer." You can try it yourself by contacting the Peek team directly. Or if you're really interested you could probably join the small army they hope to deploy around the developing world.
The smartphone-driven medicine doesn't stop with the eyes, though. In recent years, we've seen apps come out that can do everything from scan your body for skin cancer to monitor your heart rate to check your ears for infections. Don't get carried away. Even though your phone now does a lot of things that your doctor does, your phone is not your doctor. But in many parts of the world, it's the next-best thing. [BBC]
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