Abstract
Academic medical centers, in general, and radiation oncology research, in particular, rely heavily on custom software tools and applications. The code development is typically the responsibility of a single individual or at most a small team. Often these individuals are not professional programmers but physicists, students, and physicians. While they possess domain expertise and algorithm knowledge, they often are not fully aware of general "safe coding" practices-nor do they need the full complexity familiar in large commercial software projects to succeed. Rather, some simple guidelines we refer to as "programming in the small" can be used.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 142-150 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Digital Imaging |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2011 |
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Keywords
- medical informatics applications
- Quality assurance
- software design
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science Applications
- Medicine(all)
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
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Programming in the small. / Gersten, David B.; Langer, Steve G.
In: Journal of Digital Imaging, Vol. 24, No. 1, 02.2011, p. 142-150.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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