Analysis of laser light propagation in kiwifruit using backscattering imaging and Monte Carlo simulation

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-39

  Baranyai, László ^a   Zude, Manuela ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backscattering; Image processing; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ANISOTROPY FACTOR; ANOVA TEST; BACKSCATTERING IMAGES; BEAM RADIUS; COMPUTATION LOADS; GREENSTEIN PHASE FUNCTION; INTEGRATION TIME; INTENSITY PROFILES; KIWIFRUITS; LASER LIGHTS; LASER MODULES; MEAN VALUES; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTI-FACTOR; NOISE LEVELS; PHOTON FLUX; PHOTON PULSE; PREMIUM QUALITY; REDUCED SCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SHORT PULSE; STATISTICAL EFFECTS; TEXTURE PROPERTIES; TIME-RESOLVED; VISION SYSTEMS;

ABSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; BACKSCATTERING; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LASERS; LIGHT; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ANISOTROPY; BACKSCATTER; EDIBLE SPECIES; FRUIT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LASER METHOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RIPENING; TEXTURE; WOODY PLANT;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 68749096881     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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