The use of computers in the medical field is becoming more and more widely used.
Computers are obviously very beneficial in the medical field.
However, in the case of Therac-25, they can be deadly . Therac-25 was used in the treatment of cancer. Its purpose was to provide radiation to a specific part of the body and hopefully kill the malignant tumor. Each mode was used in treating cancer depending on the depth of the tumor under the skin. The diagram below briefly illustrates the set up of the machine.