A transportable fluorescence imagining system for detecting fecal contaminants

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-74

  Lefcourt, Alan M ^a   Kim, Moon S ^a   Chen, Yud Ren ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal contamination; Fluorescence; Food safety; Multispectral imaging

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; CONTAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE; FRUITS; PATHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANIMAL CARCASSES; FECES; PLANT MATERIALS; TEACHING TOOLS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

FOOD SAFETY; IMAGING METHOD;

AGRICULTURE; APPLES; CHLOROPHYLLS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENS; PLANTS; POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 19044400326     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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