A portable scanning system for evaluation of spray deposit distribution

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-43

  Zhu, Heping ^a   Salyani, Masoud ^b   Fox, Robert D ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

DepositScan; Droplet density; Droplet distribution; Image analysis; Imaging instrumentation; Spray coverage; Spray quality

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITSCAN; DROPLET DENSITY; DROPLET DISTRIBUTION; IMAGING INSTRUMENTATION; SPRAY COVERAGE; SPRAY QUALITY;

DEPOSITS; DROPS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENTS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; PIXELS; SCANNING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PIXEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPREADSHEET;

EID: 79955091155     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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