Applications of thermal imaging in food quality and safety assessment

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 190-200

  Gowen, A A ^a   Tiwari, B K ^a   Cullen, P J ^b   McDonnell, K ^a   O'Donnell, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD INDUSTRIES; FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETIES; FOOD SAFETY; FOREIGN BODY DETECTION; GRAIN QUALITY; NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT; NON-INVASIVE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESS ANALYTICAL; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; THERMAL IMAGING;

HEALTH; IMAGE PROCESSING;

MILITARY APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77949916423     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2009.12.002     Document Type: Review

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