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Quote: no independent checks of Therac-25 malfunctioning; only patient reactions
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consistency testing
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safety critical systems
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Patient reactions were the only real indications of … was operating correctly (including software checks). Such verification … software "lied" to the operators, and the machine … handle the high density of ionization from the … a low dosage. Engineers need to design for … Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: Therac-25 could not detect massive overdoses; the ion chambers were saturated and indicated low dosage
Topic: consistency testing (60 items)
Topic: safety critical systems (32 items)