Improving quality inspection of food products by computer vision - A review

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 1 SPEC., 2004, Pages 3-16

  Brosnan, Tadhg ^a   Sun, Da Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Computer vision; Fruit; Grain; Image analysis; Image processing; Machine vision; Meats; Online inspection; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

QUALITY INSPECTION;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 0042192044     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(03)00183-3     Document Type: Review

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