Adaptive computer-based training increases on the job performance of X-ray screeners

Proceedings - International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 117-124

  Schwaninger, Adran ^a,b   Hofer, Franziska ^a,c   Wetter, Olive E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^c Zurich State Police Airport Division   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aviation security; Computer based training (CBT); Threat image projection (TIP); X ray image interpretation; X ray screening

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; SIGNAL DETECTION; TECHNOLOGY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAY SCREENS;

AIRPORT SECURITY; AVIATION SECURITY; COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING; COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING (CBT); DETECTION PERFORMANCES; GENERAL PUBLIC; HUMAN FACTORS; ON-THE-JOB PERFORMANCE; POW ERFUL TOOL; SCREENING PROCESSES; SECURITY PERSONNEL; SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES; TERRORIST ATTACKS; THREAT IMAGE PROJECTION; THREAT IMAGE PROJECTION (TIP); X-RAY DETECTION PERFORMANCE; X-RAY IMAGE INTERPRETATION; X-RAY IMAGING; X-RAY SCREENERS; X-RAY SCREENING; X-RAY SCREENING SYSTEMS;

X RAYS;

EID: 47849104509     PISSN: 10716572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCST.2007.4373478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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