title: Point/Counterpoint. The most suitable person to establish quality assurance guidelines for the generation and use of noncommercial clinical software is a medical physicist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario K7K 7B4, Canada (Tel: 613-541-6000 ext. 6171; E-mail: Kelly-D@rmc.ca).
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: Department of Computing and Software, McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada (Tel: 905-525-9140 ext. 2607, E-mail: wassyng@mcmaster.ca).
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wassyng
authors.forename: Colin G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Orton
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security; D006282:Health Personnel; D006283:Health Physics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011881:Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods; D012984:Software