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Quality Assurance of Brachytherapy System(Physical Aspects) (근접방사선치료 시스템의 QA(물리적 측면))

  • Ji, Young-Hoon
    • Progress in Medical Physics
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.17-21
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    • 1993
  • 근접방사선치료는 방사성동위원소를 종양에 밀착시키거나 또는 종양내에 직접 삽입하여 치료하는 방법으로서 종양에는 일시에 많은 선량을 주는 반면 주위 정상조직에는 선량을 최소화시킬 수 있는 장점이 있다. 따라서 근래에 들어 종양치료에 있어서 외부방사선치료와 병행하여 근접방사선치료를 시행하는 병원이 증가하고 있다. 그러나 근접방사선치료는 방출 방사선의 에너지가 낮고, 대부분 짧은 반감기를 가지며, 소형의, 수 mCi에서 수Ci 정도의 방사능을 가진 방사성동위원소들을 인체에 직접 삽입하는 것으로 정확한 선량 분포를 위해서는 방사성동위원소의 방사능량, 위치, 분포 등의 정확성 확보가 절실히 요구된다. 따라서 이 논문은 근접방사선치료시스템의 QA프로그램 개발을 위하여 작성하였다.

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On-line Quality Assurance of Linear Accelerator with Electronic Portal Imaging System (전자포탈영상장치(EPID)를 이용한 선형가속기의 기하학적 QC/QA System)

  • Lee, Seok;Jang, Hye-Sook;Choi, Eun-Kyung;Kwon, Soo-Il;Lee, Byung-Yong
    • Progress in Medical Physics
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.127-136
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    • 1998
  • On-line geometrical quality assurance system has been developed using electronic portal imaging system(OQuE). EPID system is networked into Pentium PC in order to transmit the acquisited images to analysis PC. Geometrical QA parameters, including light-radiation field congruence, collimator rotation axis, and gantry rotation axis can be easily analyzed with the help of graphic user interface(GUI) software. Equipped with the EPID (Portal Vision, Varian, USA), geometrical quality assurance of a linear accelerator (CL/2100/CD, Varian, USA), which is networked into OQuE, was performed to evaluate this system. Light-radiation field congruence tests by center of gravity analysis shows 0.2~0.3mm differences for various field sizes. Collimator (or Gantry) rotation axis for various angles could be obtained by superposing 4 shots of angles. The radius of collimator rotation axis is measured to 0.2mm for upper jaw collimator, and 0.1mm for lower jaw. Acquisited images for various gantry angles were rotated according to the gantry angle and actual center of image point obtained from collimator axis test. The rotated images are superpositioned and analyzed as the same method as collimator rotation axis. The radius of gantry rotation axis is calculated 0.3mm for anterior/posterior direction (gantry 0$^{\circ}$ and 170$^{\circ}$) and 0.7mm for right/left direction(gantry 90$^{\circ}$ and 260$^{\circ}$). Image acquisition for data analysis is faster than conventional method and the results turn out to be excellent for the development goal and accurate within a milimeter range. The OQuE system is proven to be a good tool for the geometrical quality assurance of linear accelerator using EPID.

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Framework of Non-Nuclear Methods Evaluation for Soil QC and QA in Highway Pavement Construction

  • Cho, Yong-K.;Kabassi, Koudous;Wang, Chao
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.45-52
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    • 2012
  • This study introduces a methodology to evaluate different types of non-nuclear technologies to see how they are competitive to the nuclear technology for quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) in soil condition measurement for highway pavement construction. The non-nuclear methods including the Electrical Density Gauge (EDG) and the Light Weight Deflectometer (LWD) were tested for their performance against a nuclear gauge, and traditional methods were used as baselines. An innovative way of comparing a deflection gauge to a density gauge was introduced. Results showed that the nuclear gauge generally outperformed the non-nuclear gauge in accuracies of soil density and moisture content measurements. Finally, a framework was developed as a guideline for evaluating various types of non-nuclear soil gauges. From other perspectives rather than accuracy, it was concluded that the non-nuclear gauges would be better alternative to the nuclear gauge when the followings are considered: (1) greater life-cycle cost savings; (2) elimination of intense federal regulations and safety/security concerns; and (3) elimination of licensing and intense training.

A Study on QA/QC Method for GHG Inventory in the Railroad Construction Sector (철도건설현장의 온실가스 인벤토리 QA/QC 방안 연구)

  • Lee, Jae-Young;Jung, Woo-Sung;Kim, Yong-Ki;Hwang, In-Hawn
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.511-514
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    • 2011
  • The impact of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is the global issue over the world. Korean government has presented various policies to induce GHG reduction for the industries with high energy consumption such as power generation and chemistry. Construction sector has produced a large amount of GHG emissions resulted in the energy consumption of heavy equipments and the use of materials. This study aims to suggest the QA (Quality Assurance) and QC (Quality Control) method to identify and quantify the GHG emissions released from heavy equipments in the railroad construction sector. Generally, the accuracy and reliability of GHG inventory is dependent on the data collection. Therefore, it is necessary to mange the detailed statements for the fuel consumption of heavy equipments and the quantity of work in the field. Also, the breakdown of GHG emission sources should be recorded from the design step of railroad infrastructures. Based on these data, the GHG reduction technologies and polices can be applied in railroad construction sector.

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Current Topics on Quality Assurance of X-ray Diagnosis in Japan

  • Katoh, Tuguhisa;Imamura, Keiko;Matumoto, Toru
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.13-16
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    • 2002
  • Recent topics on quality assurance (QA) of X-ray diagnosis in Japan were reported in this presentation. These were related to mass screening mammography (MMG), lung screening CT (LSCT), skin injury caused by interventional radiology (IVR) and traceable system of dosimeters for x-ray diagnosis. In these successful stories, the author would like to stress the cooperation of all the medical am: clinical staff including medical doctors, radiological technologists, medical physicists, manufacturers of medical devices and others.

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A Study on Quality Assurance of the Metaverse Platform Based Games (메타버스 플랫폼 기반 게임의 품질보증에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hyo-Nam
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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    • 2022.01a
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    • pp.61-64
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    • 2022
  • 국내 게임 시장 규모가 20조원에 육박할 것으로 전망된 가운데, 내년 게임업계 화두로 메타버스와 NFT가 가장 주요한 이슈가 될 것이다. 메타버스 환경에서의 변화는 편의성, 상호작용 방식, 화면 공간 확장성 측면에서 기존 PC, 모바일 기반의 인터넷 시대와 메타버스 시대는 확실하게 차이가 존재한다. 기존에 비해 혁신적인 변화의 특징들에 대해서 메타버스 환경에서 게임들의 특징들도 무관하지 않을 것으로 생각한다. 본 논문에서는 메타버스 플랫폼에서의 게임개발이 활성화되는 환경에서 메타버스 기반에서 개발되고 플레이 되는 게임들에 대한 품질 보증(Quality Assurance : QA) 혹은 테스트를 위한 방법과 내용에 대해서 기존의 방법들과의 차이점과 향후 메타버스 환경에서의 게임 품질을 측정하는 새로운 요소들에 대해서 제시하고자 한다.

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A Study on the Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology for Efficient Game Quality Assurance (효율적인 게임 품질 보증을 위한 인공지능 기술 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Hyo-Nam Kim
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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    • 2023.07a
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    • pp.145-147
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    • 2023
  • 요즘은 모든 산업에서 인공지능(Artificial Intelligence : AI) 채택을 빠르게 진행하고 있으며, 디지털 기술과 산업 기술이 융합된 인공지능 분야가 강화되고 여러 서비스 사업 혁신이 이루어지면서 여러 산업의 시장 성장을 견인하는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 게임 산업과 관련한 게임업계에서는 인공지능 관련 전문 지식을 확보하기 위한 투자가 활발하게 이어짐에 따라 발전과 경쟁력 확보를 위한 움직임들이 지속될 것으로 전망된다. 본 논문에서는 게임개발 기술에 인공지능(AI) 기술 접목이 집중되고 있는 상황에서 개발하고 있는 게임에 대한 품질을 보증하고 관리하기 위한 AI 기반의 게임 QA(Quality Assurance) 기술 적용을 위한 방법들에 대해서 제시하고자 한다.

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Analysis of Calibration Facilities for Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) (초음파 도플러 유속계 교정 시설 현황)

  • Lee, Jung-Han;Hwang, Keun-Choon;Kim, Eun-Soo
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.171-183
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    • 2011
  • Despite technological developments and application advances of Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs), no standard procedure has been adopted or accepted for calibration of ADCPs. Limitations of existing facilities for calibrating ADCPs, the complexity of ADCP instruments, and rapid changes in ADCP technology are some of the reasons why a standard procedure has not been adopted. However, there is increasing realization of the need for effective Quality Assurance (QA) and as part of that the importance of standardized calibration. In this study, the significance of calibration and QA plans for ADCPs is discussed and the calibration facilities for ADCPs at home and abroad are reported. Furthermore, the method for calibrating ADCPs using a towed car and its limitations are discussed. This study contributes to discussions surrounding the establishment of standard procedures for calibrating ADCPs and QA plans, and the construction of calibration facilities in the future.

A Method of Automated Quality Evaluation for Voice-Based Consultation (음성 기반 상담의 품질 평가를 위한 자동화 기법)

  • Lee, Keonsoo;Kim, Jung-Yeon
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.69-75
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    • 2021
  • In a contact-free society, online services are becoming more important than classic offline services. At the same time, the role of a contact center, which executes customer relation management (CRM), is increasingly essential. For supporting the CRM tasks and their effectiveness, techniques of process automation need to be applied. Quality assurance (QA) is one of the time and resource consuming, and typical processes that are suitable for automation. In this paper, a method of automatic quality evaluation for voice based consultations is proposed. Firstly, the speech in consultations is transformed into a text by speech recognition. Then quantitative evaluation based on the QA metrics, including checking the elements in opening and closing mention, the existence of asking the mandatory information, the attitude of listening and speaking, is executed. 92.7% of the automated evaluations are the same to the result done by human experts. It was found that the non matching cases of the automated evaluations were mainly caused from the mistranslated Speech-to-Text (STT) result. With the confidence of STT result, this proposed method can be employed for enhancing the efficiency of QA process in contact centers.