Development of a hybrid image processing algorithm for automatic evaluation of intramuscular fat content in beef M. longissimus dorsi

Meat Science

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1231-1237

  Du, Cheng Jin ^a   Sun, Da Wen ^a   Jackman, Patrick ^a   Allen, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Beef; Bilateral filter; Computer vision; Intramuscular fat; Kernel fuzzy c means clustering

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249105121     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.05.036     Document Type: Article

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