A simple system for the remote detection and analysis of sniffing in explosives detection dogs

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-89

  Gazit, Irit ^a   Lavner, Yizhar ^b,c   Bloch, Gil ^b   Azulai, Ophir ^b   Goldblatt, Allen ^a   Terkel, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DOG; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOGS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SMELL; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0037797236     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195499     Document Type: Article

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