An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents

Computer

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 18-41

  Leveson, Nancy G ^a   Turner, Clark S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

SAFETY-CRITICAL SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ERRORS; THERAC-25 ACCIDENTS; THERAC-25 MEDICAL ELECTRON ACCELERATOR;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0027634119     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MC.1993.274940     Document Type: Article

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