• DocumentCode
    3365515
  • Title

    Testing brachytherapy treatment planning software

  • Author

    Jäske, U.M. ; Alakuijala, J. ; Laitinen, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Varian-Dosetek Oy, Espoo, Finland
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
  • Firstpage
    2030
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the authors´ experiences in the testing process of a safety critical complex medical system, a brachytherapy treatment planning system. The authors stress the importance of testing the used algorithms by comparing their outputs with independent calculations and experimental results. The authors also discuss the role of qualification testing in finding faults in medical software
  • Keywords
    medical computing; program testing; radiation therapy; safety; algorithms; brachytherapy treatment planning software testing; experimental results; independent calculations; medical software faults finding; outputs comparison; qualification testing; safety critical complex medical system; testing process; therapeutic nuclear medicine; Brachytherapy; Hazards; Medical tests; Medical treatment; Performance evaluation; Process planning; Qualifications; Software safety; Software testing; System testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3811-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1996.646413
  • Filename
    646413