Failure modes in medical device software: An analysis of 15 years of recall data

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 351-371

  Wallace, Dolores R ^a   Kuhn, D Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assurance; Detection; Failures; Fault; Fault model; Medical device; Prevention; Software quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549093937     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021853930100058X     Document Type: Article

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