Title
Safety assessment of software-intensive medical devices: Introducing a safety quality model approach
Abstract
Argumentation-based safety assurance is a promising approach for the development of safe software-intensive medical devices. However, one challenge is safety assessment by an independent authority. This article presents an approach that enables argumentation-based safety development on the one hand, while providing means for assessing the product's safety afterwards on the other hand. We combine a generic safety case with an engineering model, which results in specific quality questions for assessors and provides a generic argumentation structure for manufacturers.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/ISSREW.2013.6688901
Software Reliability Engineering Workshops
Keywords
Field
DocType
biomedical equipment,medical computing,safety-critical software,software quality,argumentation structure,argumentation-based safety assurance,argumentation-based safety development,independent authority,safety assessment,safety quality model approach,software-intensive medical devices,medical software,safety assessment,safety case
Medical software,System safety,Software quality analyst,Computer science,Argumentation theory,Software,Safety case,Software quality,Safety assurance,Reliability engineering
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.37
1
Authors
4