Technique for normalizing intensity histograms of images when the approximate size of the target is known: Detection of feces on apples using fluorescence imaging

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-147

  Lefcout, Alan M ^a   Kim, Moon S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal contamination; Fluorescence; Hyperspectral imaging; Imaging; Methodology

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FACE RECOGNITION; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FECAL CONTAMINATION; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; METHODOLOGY;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 30344462638     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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