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Author:
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Engineering Aviation Security Environments--False Positives from Explosive Detection Systems.
Title:
Engineering aviation security environments : reduction of false alarms in computed tomography-based screening of checked baggage / Committee on Engineering Aviation Security Environments--False Positives from Explosive Detection Systems, National Materials and Manufacturing Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Publisher:
National Academies Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
x, 89 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Subject:
Airports--Security measures--Security measures--United States.
Airports--Equipment and supplies.--United States--Equipment and supplies.
Explosives--Detection--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction -- Overview of deployed explosive detection system technologies --Alternative approaches for the reduction of false alarms -- Incentivizing research and development to decrease false alarms in an airport setting -- Lessons from medical imaging for explosive detection systems -- Data collection, management, and analysis -- Appendices: A. Biographies of committee members -- B. Quantifying the risk of false alarms with airport screening of checked baggage -- C. Chemistry-based alternatives to computed tomography-based explosive detection -- D. Statistical approaches to reducing the probability of false alarms while improving the probability of detection -- E. Statement of task -- F. Acronyms and definitions of selected terms.
ISBN:
9780309214797
0309214793
OCLC:
(OCoLC)857966210
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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