Detection citrus in a tree canopy using infrared thermal imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5271, Issue , 2004, Pages 321-327

  Xu, Huirong ^a   Ying, Yibin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citrus; Edge extraction; Identification; Infrared thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; ROBOTS; SENSORS;

CITRUS; EDGE EXTRACTION; IDENTIFICATION; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING;

FRUITS;

EID: 2442612707     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.516018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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