Near-infrared multispectral scattering for assessing internal quality of apple fruit

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5271, Issue , 2004, Pages 313-320

  Lu, Renfu ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apples; Firmness; Fruit; Multispectral imaging; Near Infrared; Nondestructive; Scattering; Soluble solids

Indexed keywords

APPLES; FIRMNESS; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING; NEAR-INFRARED; NONDESTRUCTIVE; SOLUBLE SOLIDS;

BACKPROPAGATION; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NEURAL NETWORKS; SCATTERING; SUGARS;

FRUITS;

EID: 2442602184     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.516008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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