Title :
Decision support applications using statistical process control (SPC) and virtual instrumentation (VI)
Author :
Gieras, Izabella A. ; Rosow, Eric ; Adam, Joseph ; Roth, Chris ; Enderle, John D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Hartford Hospital, CT, USA
Abstract :
Statistical Process Control (SPC) principles incorporated into the Virtual Instrumentation (VI) application, using a programming environment called LabVIEW, made it possible to develop a statistical control system which has the capability of monitoring and analyzing the pre-defined biomedical engineering indicator processes
Keywords :
biocontrol; biomedical equipment; decision support systems; indicators; statistical process control; virtual instrumentation; LabVIEW; decision support applications; monitoring; predefined biomedical engineering indicator processes; programming environment; Biomedical engineering; Computer displays; Control systems; Expert systems; Hospitals; Instruments; Medical control systems; Medical services; Process control; Programming environments;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6465-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900659
