Engineering Aviation Security Environments--Reduction of False Alarms in Computed Tomography-Based Screening of Checked Baggage
The National Materials and Manufacturing Board, part of the National Academies’ Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (DEPS), has released a report that examines the technology of current aviation-security explosive detection systems (EDSs) and false positives produced by this equipment. The committee that produced the report examined and evaluated the cases of false positives in the EDSs, assessed the impact of false positive resolution on personnel and resource allocation, and made recommendations on investigating false positives without increasing false negatives.
DEPS, like TRB, is a division of the National Academies, which include the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council.
This Summary Last Modified On: 7/30/2013