Predicting soluble solid content and firmness in apple fruit by means of laser light backscattering image analysis

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-67

  Qing, Zhaoshen ^a   Ji, Baoping ^a   Zude, Manuela ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apples; Firmness; Imaging; Scattering; SSC

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GRAY SCALE INTENSITIES; LASER INDUCED LIGHT BACKSCATTERING IMAGING; SOLUBLE SOLIDS CONTENT (SSC);

FRUITS;

ALGORITHMS; FRUITS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 33947360325     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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