Spectral methods for measuring quality changes of fresh fruits and vegetables

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  ElMasry, Gamal ^a   Nassar, Atef ^b   Wang, Ning ^c   Vigneault, Clément ^d  

^a University of Suez Canal   (Egypt)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Machine vision; Quality monitoring; Spectral imaging; VIS NIR spectroscopy; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249139661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2008.4.3     Document Type: Review

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