ABSTRACT
A 2002 study by the National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) estimated that software errors cost the U.S. economy $59.5 billion each year. The report noted that software testing could reduce those costs to about $22.5 billion. Of the $59.5 billion, users paid for 64% of the costs and developers 36% (NIST, 2002). What proportion of these findings can be attributed to software in embedded imaging systems or support software related to those systems is unknown. Clearly, however, detection and elimination of software errors are of great concern to users and vendors of software for imaging applications.
