IDK0071 Tarkvaratehnika Loeng 1: Sissejuhatus tarkvaratehnikasse

THERAC-25 (1)
• Therac 25 was engineered by Atomic Energy Canada
Limited (AECL) in conjunction with a French company
CGR. It was an advancement in the fight against
cancer. The million dollar, dual-mode linear accelerator
was first developed in 1976 and the commercial version
was available in 1982
• The machine had two settings, a low energy, 200-rad
mode, and a x-ray mode of 25 million electron volt
capacity. The low setting could be directly aimed at the
patient whereas the high-energy mode had to aim at the
patient through a thick tungsten shield. It was controlled
through a terminal