Quantification of microporosity in fruit by MRI at various magnetic fields: Comparison with X-ray microtomography

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1525-1534

  Musse, Maja ^a,b   De Guio, François ^a,b   Quellec, Stéphane ^a,b   Cambert, Mireille ^a,b   Challois, Sylvain ^a,b   Davenel, Armel ^a,b  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetic susceptibility; Microporosity; MRI; Plant; ; X ray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENSITY; FRUIT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNCHROTRON;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POROSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 78449295159     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.06.028     Document Type: Article

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