Opportunities to improve airport passenger screening with mass spectrometry
Auteur :
National Research Council / Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences / National Materials Advisory Board / Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies for Transportation
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309092401
Date de publication :
12 mai 2004
Dimensions :
27,9 x 21,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Presents an assessment of mass spectrometry for enhanced trace detection (ETD) of chemicals contained in explosives. This report describes limitations of trace detection in technologies. It offers a discussion of the potential for mass spectrometry to improve EDT including challenges faced by such a system.