Characterization of fat-connective tissue size distribution in pre-sliced pork hams using multifractal analysis

Meat Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 713-722

  Mendoza, Fernando ^a   Valous, Nektarios A ^a   Sun, Da Wen ^a   Allen, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Entropy configuration analysis; Fat connective tissue; Generalized fractal dimensions; Multifractal analysis; Particle size distribution; Pork ham slice; Singularity spectrum; Surface characterization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349166293     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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