Using X-rays to detect foreign bodies

Detecting Foreign Bodies in Food

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 226-264

  Batchelor, B G ^a   Davies, E R ^b   Graves, M ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Spectral Fusion Technologies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70350226625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-85573-729-7.50018-4     Document Type: Chapter

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