Visualization of drip channels in meat using NMR microimaging

Meat Science

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 667-670

  Bertram, Hanne Christine ^a   Whittaker, Andrew K ^b   Andersen, Henrik J ^a   Karlsson, Anders H ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; Meat structure; Rabbits; Water distribution; Water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUES; MEAT STRUCTURE; RABBITS; WATER DISTRIBUTION; WATER-HOLDING CAPACITY;

DIFFUSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE;

MEATS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 4043144858     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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