Improving the efficacy of security screening tasks: A review of visual search challenges and ways to mitigate their adverse effects

AT Biggs, SR Mitroff - Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Security checkpoints are used to keep potentially dangerous items and individuals out of
secure areas. Although technological advances can enhance security efficacy through both …

Using cognitive psychology research to inform professional visual search operations

AT Biggs, MR Kramer, SR Mitroff - Journal of applied research in memory …, 2018 - Elsevier
Visual search—locating target (s) among distractors—is a common practice that can range
in difficulty from trivially easy to nearly impossible. Professional searches (eg, airport …

Computer-based training increases efficiency in X-ray image interpretation by aviation security screeners

S Michel, SM Koller, JC De Ruiter… - 2007 41st Annual …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
X-Ray screening of passenger bags is an essental component of airport security. Large
investments into technology have been made in recent years. However, the most expensive …

[HTML][HTML] Automation in airport security X-ray screening of cabin baggage: Examining benefits and possible implementations of automated explosives detection

N Hättenschwiler, Y Sterchi, M Mendes… - Applied ergonomics, 2018 - Elsevier
Bomb attacks on civil aviation make detecting improvised explosive devices and explosive
material in passenger baggage a major concern. In the last few years, explosive detection …

[HTML][HTML] Automation reliability, human–machine system performance, and operator compliance: A study with airport security screeners supported by automated …

D Huegli, S Merks, A Schwaninger - Applied Ergonomics, 2020 - Elsevier
Using a simulated X-ray screening task, we tested 122 airport security screeners working
with the support of explosives detection systems for cabin baggage screening (EDSCB) as …

When and why threats go undetected: Impacts of event rate and shift length on threat detection accuracy during airport baggage screening

RFI Meuter, PF Lacherez - Human factors, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: We aimed to assess the impact of task demands and individual characteristics on
threat detection in baggage screeners. Background: Airport security staff work under time …

Expertise, automation and trust in X-ray screening of cabin baggage

A Chavaillaz, A Schwaninger, S Michel… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
X-ray screening of passenger baggage is a key component in aviation security. The current
study investigated how experts and novices performed in an X-ray baggage screening task …

How image based factors and human factors contribute to threat detection performance in X-ray aviation security screening

A Bolfing, T Halbherr, A Schwaninger - … and Work: 4th Symposium of the …, 2008 - Springer
The present study examines the relative importance of a series of known and expected
factors that highly affect threat detection performance in aviation security X-ray screening …

Behavior and security

MG Frank, CJ Maccario… - … airline passengers in the …, 2009 - books.google.com
Imagine you are a security officer in an airport. A man pays for his transatlantic airline ticket
in cash. Is this anything to be concerned about? Let's say he appears nervous, is poorly …

Airport security screener competency: a cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis

T Halbherr, A Schwaninger, GR Budgell… - … international journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The performance of 5,717 aviation security screeners in detecting prohibited items in x-ray
images of passenger bags was analyzed over a period of 4 years. The measure used in this …