Measures of Line Jaggedness and Their Use in Foods Textural Evaluation

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 491-518

  Peleg, Micha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle foods; Chaos; Crunchiness; Fractals; Mechanical properties; Power spectrum; Texture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROCOMPUTERS;

EID: 0031243415     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408399709527787     Document Type: Article

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