The effectiveness of quality control aids in verifying K-9 team explosive detection performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2937, Issue , 1997, Pages 227-234

  Hallowell, Susan F ^a   Fischer, Douglas S ^b   Brasher, Jeffrey D ^b   Malone, Robert L ^b   Gresham, Garold L ^c   Rae, Cathy ^c  

^a WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

^c IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross contamination; Dog; Explosives detection teams; Olfaction; Quality control aid

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; EXPLOSIVES; NITRATION; POLLUTION DETECTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RADIOMETRY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AIR FORCE BASE; CROSS-CONTAMINATION; DETECTION PERFORMANCES; DETECTION THRESHOLDS; DEVELOPMENTAL TESTS; DOG; EXPLOSIVE COMPONENTS; EXPLOSIVE DETECTIONS; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION TEAMS; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATIONS; OLFACTION; OPERATIONAL TEAMS; OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS; SAN ANTONIO; SECURITY TRAININGS; SOLID EXPLOSIVES; TRAINING AIDS; TRAINING AND TESTING; VOLATILE CHEMICALS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 1642579458     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.266782     Document Type: Conference Paper

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