X-ray Attenuation Coefficients using Polychromatic X-ray Imaging of Pecan Components

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-206

  Kotwaliwale, Nachiket ^a   Weckler, Paul R ^b   Brusewitz, Gerald H ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING   (India)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING; LINEAR ATTENUATION; NUTMEAT THICKNESS; X-RAY ATTENUATION;

HARDWOODS;

HARDWOODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CARYA ILLINOINENSIS;

EID: 33646511796     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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