Moisture gradient vector calculation as a new method for evaluating NMR images of corn (Zea Mays L.) kernels during drying

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1077-1082

  Kovács, Attila J ^a   Neményi, Miklós ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Artificial drying; Corn kernel; Moisture migration; Zea mays, L.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORN; DESICCATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SEEDS; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0344993932     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(99)00037-5     Document Type: Article

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