Application of X-ray CT for detection of physical foreign materials in foods

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 157-162

  Ogawa, Y ^a   Monta, K ^a   Tanaka, S ^a   Setoguchi, M ^a   Thai, C N ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food; Foreign materials; Limit of detection; Non destructive detection; System error; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NONMETALLIC MATERIALS; X RAYS;

POINT SPREAD FUNCTION; X RAY LINEAR ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 0031967620     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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