DocumentCode :
1516481
Title :
Faults & failures
Volume :
24
Issue :
12
fYear :
1987
Firstpage :
16
Lastpage :
16
Abstract :
When operators of a machine for treating cancer patients complained that data entry was too laborious, the manufacturer responded with software changes to make the product more user friendly. But that modification years later contributed to the death of one patient at the East Texas Cancer Center in Tyler, and severely injured another.
Keywords :
Aluminum; Cancer; Companies; Dosimetry; Particle beams; Software; Stress;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9235
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.1987.6448088
Filename :
6448088
Link To Document :
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