Magnetic resonance image analysis to explain moisture movement during wheat drying

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1181-1191

  Ghosh, Prabal K ^a   Jayas, Digvir S ^a   Gruwel, Marco L H ^a,b   White, Noel D G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Cereal Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drying; Magnetic resonance imaging; Moisture movement; Wheat

Indexed keywords

DRYING RATES; MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; MOISTURE MOVEMENT; WHEAT KERNELS;

DRYING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOISTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

ANALYTICAL METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOISTURE CONTENT; SEED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WHEAT;

DRYING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MOISTURE CONTENT; SEEDS; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33750588300     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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