Ultrasonic imaging of micro-leaks and seal contamination in flexible food packages by the pulse-echo technique

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 673-678

  Ozguler, Ayhan ^a   Morris, Scott A ^a   O'Brien Jr , William D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Microleaks; Nondestructive evaluation; Package defects; Retortable pouches; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0032441285     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1998.tb15810.x     Document Type: Article

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