英伦广角 高科技头盔帮助远离中风伤害

 

When a person suffers a stroke quick treatment is crucial. But there are two very different kinds of strokes: some result from blood clots¹ that block circulation within the brain, others are caused by ruptured² vessels³ that spill blood into surrounding tissue. The use of clot-busting drugs when a hemorrhage is happening can cause additional injury or death. So doctors lose precious time waiting for stroke victims to get MRIs or CAT scans before they start treatment.

当人们遭遇中风，快速治疗很关键。但是有两种非常特别的中风，一类是由于血块阻塞了脑循环，另一类是破裂的血管将血液渗透到周围组织里(俗称脑溢血)。当出现脑出血时，溶栓性药物可以引起额外的伤害，有时甚至会致命。所以医生不惜花费时间等待中风患者做完核磁共振和CT扫描后，再开始治疗。

But soon EMT’s might be able to quickly tell whether patients have a blockage⁴ or a bleed—by having them wear a high-tech⁵ helmet.

但是让这些病人带上一个高科技头盔后，内科急救专家们就可以很快判断出病人是否有血栓或者溢血。

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden developed the prototype helmet and tested it on 45 stroke patients.

瑞典哥德堡的查尔姆斯理工大学的研究人员，研发出了样品头盔，并且对45名中风病人进行了试验。

The gadget⁶ covers the head with a patchwork⁷ of antennas⁹. As each antenna⁸ beams low-intensity microwaves through the head in sequence, the other antennas detect how the waves scatter¹⁰. Any pooling blood from a hemorrhage causes deflections easily spotted¹¹ on an attached computer. The research is in the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. [Mikael Perrson et al, Microwave-based stroke diagnosis¹² making global pre-hospital thrombolytic treatment possible]

这个可以覆盖在头部的小器具是由天线拼接组成的。随着一个天线波束依次把低强度微波传入人脑，另一个天线波束用来探测前一个天线波束是如何散射的。任何由于出血原因而进行的采血验血监测反映在相连电脑上的结果，很容易出现偏差。这项研究发表在生物医学工程会刊上。

Trials using mobile stroke helmets in ambulances are scheduled to start in the fall. As with proper treatment, the sooner the better.

—Wayt Gibbs

预定在今年秋天开始将中风移动头盔试用于救护车中。相信只要予以妥善处理治疗，可以更快更好的治疗中风。

1 clots   

n.凝块( clot的名词复数 )；血块；蠢人；傻瓜v.凝固( clot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• When you cut yourself, blood clots and forms a scab. 你割破了，血会凝固、结痂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Milk clots when it turns sour. 奶变酸就凝块。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 ruptured   

v.（使）破裂( rupture的过去式和过去分词 )；（使体内组织等）断裂；使（友好关系）破裂；使绝交

参考例句：

• They reported that the pipeline had ruptured. 他们报告说管道已经破裂了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The wall through Berlin was finally ruptured, prefiguring the reunification of Germany. 柏林墙终于倒塌了，预示着德国的重新统一。 来自辞典例句

3 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 blockage   

n.障碍物；封锁

参考例句：

• The logical treatment is to remove this blockage.合理的治疗方法就是清除堵塞物。
• If the blockage worked,they could retreat with dignity.如果封锁发生作用，他们可以体面地撤退。

5 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

6 gadget   

n.小巧的机械，精巧的装置，小玩意儿

参考例句：

• This gadget isn't much good.这小机械没什么用处。
• She has invented a nifty little gadget for undoing stubborn nuts and bolts.她发明了一种灵巧的小工具用来松开紧固的螺母和螺栓。

7 patchwork   

n.混杂物；拼缝物

参考例句：

• That proposal is nothing else other than a patchwork.那个建议只是一个大杂烩而已。
• She patched new cloth to the old coat,so It'seemed mere patchwork. 她把新布初到那件旧上衣上，所以那件衣服看上去就象拼凑起来的东西。

8 antenna   

n.触角，触须；天线

参考例句：

• The workman fixed the antenna to the roof of the house.工人把天线固定在房顶上。
• In our village, there is an antenna on every roof for receiving TV signals.在我们村里，每家房顶上都有天线接收电视信号。

9 antennas   

[生] 触角，触须（antenna的复数形式）

参考例句：

• Marconi tied several antennas to kites. 马可尼在风筝上系了几根天线。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Radio astronomy today is armed with the largest antennas in the world. 射电天文学拥有世界上最大的天线。

10 scatter   

vt.撒，驱散，散开；散布/播；vi.分散，消散

参考例句：

• You pile everything up and scatter things around.你把东西乱堆乱放。
• Small villages scatter at the foot of the mountain.村庄零零落落地散布在山脚下。

11 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

12 diagnosis   

n.诊断，诊断结果，调查分析，判断

参考例句：

• His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。