Experiences with a food product x-ray inspection system for classifying onions

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 907-912

  Tollner, Ernest W ^a   Gitaitis, Ronald D ^b   Seebold, Kenneth W ^b   Maw, Bryan W ^c  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial; Defects; Disease; Edge detection; Image; Onions; Quality; X ray

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EDGE DETECTION; FOOD PRODUCTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSPECTION; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY APPARATUS;

HUMAN VISUAL INSPECTION; ONIONS; OPTICAL INSPECTION SYSTEMS; X RAY INSPECTION SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

ALLIUM CEPA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PANTOEA; VIDALIA;

EID: 27844499670     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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