Analysis of image-based measurements and USDA characteristics as predictors of beef lean yield

Meat Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 483-491

  Lu, W ^a   Tan, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcass yield; Image processing; Linear regression; Neural network; Yield grade

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; NEURAL NETWORKS; OILS AND FATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BEEF;

MEATS;

EID: 0142231966     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(03)00139-6     Document Type: Article

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