Online evaluation of a commercial video image analysis system (Computer Vision System) to predict beef carcass red meat yield and for augmenting the assignment of USDA yield grades

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1195-1201

  Cannell, R C ^a,b   Belk, K E ^a   Tatum, J D ^a   Wise, J W ^a,c   Chapman, P L ^a   Scanga, J A ^a   Smith, G C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b McDonald's   (United States)

^c Marketing Services Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Beef; Indicating Instruments; Quality Grades; Yields

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEAT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEAT; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0036582462     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2002.8051195x     Document Type: Article

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