Recent developments in the applications of image processing techniques for food quality evaluation

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 230-249

  Du, Cheng Jin ^a   Sun, Da Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

FOOD QUALITY;

FOOD PROCESSING;

EID: 1842483869     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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