Machine vision grading of pistachio nuts using fourier descriptors

Journal of Agricultural and Engineering Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-252

  Ghazanfari, A ^a   Irudayaraj, J ^b   Kusalik, A ^a   Romaniuk, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARTES PENNANTI; PISTACIA VERA; SIA;

EID: 0002789231     PISSN: 00218634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaer.1997.0205     Document Type: Article

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