Channel defect detection in food packages using integrated backscatter ultrasound imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-40

  Raum, Kay ^a   Ozguler, Ayhan ^a   Morris, Scott A ^a   O'Brien, William D ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; FOOD PROCESSING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PACKAGING; PLASTIC FILMS;

BACKSCATTERED AMPLITUDE INTEGRAL (BAI) IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHANNEL DEFECT DETECTION; FOOD PACKAGES; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031701875     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.646905     Document Type: Article

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