Identifying apple surface defects using principal components analysis and artificial neural networks

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2257-2265

  Bennedsen, Bent S ^a   Peterson, Donald L ^a   Tabb, Amy ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple; Defects detection; Image processing; Neural networks; Sorting

Indexed keywords

APPLE SURFACE DEFECTS; DEFECTS DETECTION; PREPROCESSING IMAGES; WIENER FILTERS;

IMAGE PROCESSING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PIXELS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

SURFACE DEFECTS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DETECTION METHOD; FRUIT; IMAGING METHOD; NEAR INFRARED; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIXEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 38549147537     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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