Prediction of apple fruit firmness and soluble solids content using characteristics of multispectral scattering images

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-152

  Peng, Yankun ^a   Lu, Renfu ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apples; Firmness; Fruit; Modified Gompertz function; Modified Lorentzian function; Multispectral imaging; Scattering; Soluble solids content

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOLUBILITY;

FIRMNESS; MODIFIED GOMPERTZ FUNCTION; MODIFIED LORENTZIAN FUNCTION; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING; SOLUBLE SOLIDS CONTENT;

FRUITS;

APPLES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SCATTERING; SOLIDS CONTENT;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 34147120768     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.12.027     Document Type: Article

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