A self-aligning ultrasound sensor for detecting foreign bodies in glass containers

Ultrasonics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-222

  Zhao, B ^a   Basir, O A ^a   Mittal, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auto alignment; Food safety; Foreign body detection; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; FOOD PRODUCTS; GLASS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

FOREIGN BODY DETECTION;

SENSORS;

GLASS;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOREIGN BODY; TRANSDUCER;

BEVERAGES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOREIGN BODIES; GLASS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0037696372     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(03)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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