An LCTF-based multispectral imaging system for estimation of apple fruit firmness: Part I. Acquisition and characterization of scattering images

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 259-267

  Peng, Y ^a   Lu, R ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple; Firmness; Fruit; Modified Lorentzian distribution function; Multispectral imaging; Near infrared; Scattering

Indexed keywords

FIRMNESS; MODIFIED LORENTZIAN DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING; NEAR-INFRARED;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SCATTERING;

FRUITS;

FRUIT;

APPLES; FRUITS;

LORENTZIA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 33645455228     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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