Machine vision evaluation of corn kernel mechanical and mold damage

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 415-420

  Ng, H F ^a   Wilcke, W F ^a   Morey, R V ^a   Lang, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Damage; Machine vision

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUNGI; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSPECTION; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

CORN KERNEL; MACHINE VISION EVALUATION; MECHANICAL DAMAGE; MOLD DAMAGE; SINGLE KERNEL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

EID: 0032031904     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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