An approach to estimate moisture content of apple with image processing method

Australian Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-115

  Vesali, Farshad ^a   Gharibkhani, Masoud ^b   Komarizadeh, Mohmmad Hasan ^c  

^a Islamic Aazad University   (Iran)

^b Astara Branch Young Researchers Club   (Iran)

^c URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Density index; Moisture content; Neural networks; Texture analysis parameters; Wrinkles

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 79952130812     PISSN: 18352693     EISSN: 18352707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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