Effectiveness of the SmartMV prototype BeefCam System to sort beef carcasses into expected palatability groups

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 441-448

  Wyle, A M ^a,b   Vote, D J ^a   Roeber, D L ^a   Cannell, R C ^a,c   Belk, K E ^a   Scanga, J A ^a   Goldberg, M ^a,d   Tatum, J D ^a   Smith, G C ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b Research Management Systems Inc   (United States)

^c McDonald's   (United States)

^d Smart Machine Vision Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Classification; Palatability; Tenderness; Video Cameras

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSUMER; COOKING; GOVERNMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; TASTE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COOKERY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEAT; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASTE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0038543065     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.812441x     Document Type: Article

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