Monte Carlo simulation for quantification of light transport features in apples

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-51

  Qin, Jianwei ^a   Lu, Renfu ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruits; Hyperspectral imaging; Light transport; Monte Carlo simulation; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

APPLE FRUITS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; DIFFUSION THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT TISSUES; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT ENERGY; LIGHT INTERACTION; LIGHT PENETRATION DEPTH; LIGHT TRANSPORT; MC SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEAR INFRARED REGION; RADIAL DISTANCE; REDUCED SCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; SENSING RANGES; SHORT-WAVELENGTH; SIMULATION RESULT; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SPECTRAL RANGE; TYPICAL VALUES;

ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; FRUITS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; REFLECTION; SCATTERING; SIMULATORS;

LIGHT;

ABSORBANCE; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; IMAGING METHOD; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MODEL VALIDATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PIGMENT; REFLECTANCE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 67449143199     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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