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Medical Application of Computers at BBN
January-March 2006 (vol. 28 no. 1)
pp. 6-16
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Paul Castleman, "Medical Application of Computers at BBN," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 6-16, January-March, 2006.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MAHC.2006.16,
author = {Paul Castleman},
title = {Medical Application of Computers at BBN},
journal ={IEEE Annals of the History of Computing},
volume = {28},
number = {1},
issn = {1058-6180},
year = {2006},
pages = {6-16},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MAHC.2006.16},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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KW - (Bio)medical computer/software/applications
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Paul Castleman, BBN Technologies
Early work at BBN involved hospital computer systems, computer aids for the physician's office, data management tools for clinical research, and database and computational support for biomedical research. The work included both development of prototype systems and later deployment of commercially viable software and services. This history also notes some of the challenges of working within an R&D defense-contractor environment and then concludes with lessons learned in developing medical computer applications.

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Index Terms:
(Bio)medical computer/software/applications, clinical research data management, medical time-sharing, commercial biomedical software, economic conversion
Citation:
Paul Castleman, "Medical Application of Computers at BBN," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 6-16, Jan.-March 2006, doi:10.1109/MAHC.2006.16
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