當你把Instagram上頭的所有照片都變成人體器官,那就是「Figure 1」這個醫療界風行的應用軟體。(以下圖片有驚悚畫面,請斟酌!)
![](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/figure1s.jpg)
Figure 1是在2013年5月上線的App,它等於是給醫生看的Instagram,可供醫療人員利用交流的方式來診斷較為罕見或難以診斷的病例,讓醫學教學單位、醫院來做資訊互動。目前有數十萬名的用戶、大約2百萬張的分享照片。
然而,和一般分享照片的軟體最不同的部分,就在於人們上傳的不是自拍照,而是人體各部位的病徵,也吸引了許多根本不是醫療背景的人加入,來看看這些真實、可怕、甚至讓人看了不舒服的照片。
![醫生軟體](http://www.teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/醫生軟體.jpg)
這個軟體是Joshua Landy醫師的點子,最後也在2013年5月開發了。現在這間公司有19個員工,也持續成長中。APP裡面可以看到有不同類別的照片:血液科、發炎類、內科學、檢驗科,等。
創辦者一開始只想開發做為教學用的軟體,結果它卻意外成為醫療及相關照護人員的得力助手。
![Doctors can upload photos to Figure 1 to show their colleagues what they're up to, to share stories from the trenches and to show off medical oddities. Pictured is a set of lungs waiting to be implanted](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/275CACD100000578-0-image-a-45_1428467630161.jpg)
醫生們可以上傳照片和同仁們分享他們目前的病例。
![Crowdsourcing: Co-founder Joshua Landy first envisioned Figure 1 as a sort of visual reference guide that would pair images with diagnoses in the classroom and the field. However, it's become something even more useful as medical caregivers routinely visit the app as a means of crowdsourcing diagnoses or to help far flung physicians diagnose patients](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/275CACD800000578-0-image-a-46_1428467903558.jpg)
這個App也供醫療人士互動、討論。
![醫生APP](http://www.teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/醫生APP.jpg)
醫生們會上傳他們的病例,其他線上的用戶可以加入討論,像是罕見的皮膚疾病 (左) 以及從病患體內取出的膀胱結石 (右)。
在這個App當中,有任何會辨識出病患身分的照片都會被移除。
![The Toronto-based company Landy co-founded now employs 19 and is growing at a steady rate](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/275CACA200000578-3029815-image-a-1_1428477755329.jpg)
這些為醫生的用戶在瀏覽時會看到關於該病患的年紀、其他病徵,讓其他人加入討論,或不時更新狀況。
![The Figure 1 blog writes about this photo 'A 5 year-old patient presents with this lesion, which began as a blister and evolved into the above growth over the course of 5 days'](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/275CACB600000578-0-image-a-54_1428468351760.jpg)
這篇貼文上就註明:「5歲患者,一開始的皮膚病變是水泡,後來5天持續變大」
照片中是一名背後長了巨大蟹足腫 (keloid) 的女性。
![Anything in the photos that could potentially identify patients is supposed to be removed by the person uploading the photo. Pictured is a female patient with multiple massive keloids across her back](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/275CACA600000578-0-image-a-52_1428468250089.jpg)
來源:Daily Mail
嗯,專業的事還是留給醫生好了 ╮(-_-)╭ 身為一個平凡人,我還是滑滑我的Instagram就好了…
(往下還有更多精彩文章!)