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The software also includes reference interval estimation, [9] meta-analysis and sample size calculations. The first DOS version of MedCalc was released in April 1993 and the first version for Windows was available in November 1996.
MDCalc was founded by two emergency physicians, Graham Walker, MD, and Joseph Habboushe, MD, MBA, [5] and provides over 500 medical calculators and other clinical decision-support tools. [6] The MDCalc.com website was launched in 2005. [5] In 2016, MDCalc launched an iOS app, [7] followed by an Android app in 2017. [8]
Medical calculators arose because modern medicine makes frequent use of scores and indices that put physicians' memory and calculation skills to the test. [2] The advent of personal computers, the Internet and Web, and more recently personal digital assistants (PDAs) have formed an environment conducive to their development, spread and use.
Today, 3D-Calc software is Freeware ("Public domain without source code") and can be downloaded freely. [ 1 ] In 1992–1993, it was ported to MS-DOS to serve as the basis of a new statistics software package MedCalc .
MedCalc – for biomedical sciences; Microfit – econometrics package, time series; Minitab – general statistics package; MLwiN – multilevel models (free to UK academics) Nacsport Video Analysis Software – software for analysing sports and obtaining statistical intelligence; NAG Numerical Library – comprehensive math and statistics library
Ooms, Marius (2009). "Trends in Applied Econometrics Software Development 1985–2008: An Analysis of Journal of Applied Econometrics Research Articles, Software Reviews, Data and Code". Palgrave Handbook of Econometrics. Vol. 2: Applied Econometrics. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1321– 1348. ISBN 978-1-4039-1800-0. Renfro, Charles G. (2004).
Body roundness index (BRI) is a calculated geometric index used to quantify an aspect of a person's individual body shape.Based on the principle of body eccentricity, it provides a rapid visual and anthropometric tool for health evaluation.
The global IEC 62304 standard on the software life cycle processes of medical device software states it is a "software system that has been developed for the purpose of being incorporated into the medical device being developed or that is intended for use as a medical device in its own right."