一个新兴学科:脑机接口医学

An emerging discipline:brain-computer interfaces medicine

随着脑机接口(BCI)技术的发展及其在医学临床的转化应用,BCI医学应运而生,必将会影响医学实践并产生深刻变革,也伴随带来一系列BCI医学伦理问题。BCI医学已逐渐成为一个新兴的学科方向,然而迄今为止,少有文献论述BCI医学。为此,本文聚焦BCI医学,首先概述了BCI技术主要的潜在医学应用,然后阐述了BCI医学的定义、目标、方法、潜在功效及相关转化医学研究,还讨论了BCI医学相关伦理,并介绍了BCI医学应用标准化操作流程和功效评价方法,最后展望了BCI医学面临的挑战及未来发展方向。未来,BCI医学或可成为高等教育的新兴学科专业。综上,期望本文为BCI医学学科的发展提供思考和借鉴。

With the development of brain-computer interface(BCI)technology and its translational application in clinical medicine,BCI medicine has emerged,ushering in profound changes to the practice of medicine,while also bringing forth a series of ethical issues related to BCI medicine.BCI medicine is progressively emerging as a new disciplinary focus,yet to date,there has been limited literature discussing it.Therefore,this paper focuses on BCI medicine,firstly providing an overview of the main potential medical applications of BCI technology.It then defines the discipline,outlines its objectives,methodologies,potential efficacy,and associated translational medical research.Additionally,it discusses the ethics associated with BCI medicine,and introduces the standardized operational procedures for BCI medical applications and the methods for evaluating the efficacy of BCI medical applications.Finally,it anticipates the challenges and future directions of BCI medicine.In the future,BCI medicine may become a new academic discipline or major in higher education.In summary,this article is hoped to provide thoughts and references for the development of the discipline of BCI medicine.