Multifractal properties of pore-size distribution in apple tissue using X-ray imaging

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-215

  Mendoza, Fernando ^a   Verboven, Pieter ^a   Ho, Quang Tri ^a   Kerckhofs, Greet ^a   Wevers, Martin ^a   Nicolaï, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apple tissue; Generalized dimensions; Image analysis; Multifractal analysis; Pore scale microstructure; Singularity spectrum; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

APPLE TISSUE; GENERALIZED DIMENSION; GENERALIZED DIMENSIONS; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; SINGULARITY SPECTRUM; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EXTRACTION; FRACTALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SIZE; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

FRUITS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77950028980     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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