Sensors for product characterization and quality of specialty crops-A review

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-194

  Ruiz Altisent, M ^a   Ruiz Garcia, L ^a   Moreda, G P ^a   Lu, Renfu ^b   Hernandez Sanchez, N ^a   Correa, E C ^a   Diezma, B ^a   Nicolai B ^c   Garcia Ramos J ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance; Near infrared; Non invasive; Optical; Spectroscopy; Vision

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSING; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CURRENT STATUS; FOOD APPLICATIONS; FRESH FRUITS; MECHANICAL CONTACT; NEAR-INFRARED; NON-INVASIVE; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; OPTICAL; PRODUCT CHARACTERIZATIONS; QUALITY ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH NEEDS; SENSING SYSTEMS; SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER VISION; CROPS; FRUITS; INFRARED DEVICES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SENSORS; TECHNOLOGY; VEGETABLES;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FRUIT; LITERATURE REVIEW; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE; VISION; X-RAY;

EID: 78049312272     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.07.002     Document Type: Review

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