Abstract
In the past, biomedical scientists were solely dependent on expensive commercial software packages for various applications. However, the advent of user-friendly programming languages and open source platforms has revolutionized the development of simple and efficient customized software tools for solving specific biomedical problems. Many of these tools are designed and developed by biomedical scientists independently or with the support of computer experts and often made freely available for the benefit of scientific community. The current trends for customized biomedical software tools are highlighted in this short review.
Highlights
The enormous development in computer hardware and software technologies during the last few decades has revolutionized their application in biomedical sciences
A freeware Add-in for Microsoft Excel, GInaFiT, aimed at bridging the gap between people developing predictive modeling approaches and end-users in the food industry not familiar with or not disposing over advanced non-linear regression analysis tools [24]. This tool is useful for testing nine different types of microbial survival models on user-specific experimental data relating the evolution of the microbial population with time
A teamwork approach incorporating computer experts and biomedical scientists is important for building a strong hypothesis to develop an efficient software tool for end user expectations
Summary
Received December 17, 2017; Revised December 19, 2017; Accepted December 19, 2017; Published December 31, 2017; Abstract: In the past, biomedical scientists were solely dependent on expensive commercial software packages for various applications. The advent of user-friendly programming languages and open source platforms has revolutionized the development of simple and efficient customized software tools for solving specific biomedical problems. Many of these tools are designed and developed by biomedical scientists independently or with the support of computer experts and often made freely available for the benefit of scientific community. The current trends for customized biomedical software tools are highlighted in this short review
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