USDOE Human Subjects Research Database, fiscal year 1995

Sandia National Laboratories

Project Identifier: SNL-93-04

Project Title:

Pattern Recognition Applied to Personnel Scanner for Contraband

Principle Investigator: Ms. Cindy Nelson

Project started in: 1993

Fiscal Year 1995 Funding for Research on Human Subjects:

Project Funding Information:
Project received funding in Fiscal Year 1995.
Project did not use human subjects in Fiscal Year 1995.

Explanation:

Project was terminated early in FY95. No human subjects were ever studied.

Funding Sources:

DOE: Defense Programs

Amount: $0 (Est.)

Information on Use of Human Subjects:

Project does not involve use of multiple protocols/subprojects.

IRB Review:
Type of Review: Expedited
Most Recent Approval: April 06, 1994

Number of Human Subjects in the Last Reporting Period for this Project: 0
(Reporting periods vary.)

Type of Human Subjects Involvement:

Instrument/Device/Product Testing or Man-Machine Studies:

Use of human subjects to develop/test instruments, materials, devices, or objects.

(a. Objectives, b. Methodology, c. Ionizing Radiation, Radioactive Substances, or Chemical Substances to which human subjects are exposed, d. Involvement of Human Subjects [d.1. procedures used, d.2. risks if any])

The objective was to develop pattern recognition algorithm(s) that can be incorporated into a personnel scanning system for contraband detection. However, project was terminated before any human subject involvement.