Application of system thinking and system safety to EMI risk assessment of medical applications

In this PhD, the aim is to extend the revolutionary hazard-and- risk-analysis methods STAMP and STPA – based on Systems Thinking and Systems Theory – to the EMI robustness of large medical systems. While STAMP (Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Process) and STPA (Systems Theoretic Hazard Analysis) are only a decade old, research has already shown that they are much more powerful at identifying the safety risks of a complex system compared to classic methods, like FTA, FMEA, etc. Unfortunately, STAMP and STPA have so far never thoroughly considered EMI, nor have EMI risks been identified with STAMP or STPA.