Automatic X-ray quarantine scanner and pest infestation detector for agricultural products

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-59

  Chuang, Cheng Long ^a   Ouyang, Cheng Shiou ^a   Lin, Ta Te ^a   Yang, Man Miao ^b   Yang, En Cheng ^a   Huang, Tze Wei ^b   Kuei, Chia Feng ^b   Luke, Angela ^b   Jiang, Joe Air ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agricultural products; LabVIEW; Pest inspection; Quarantine; X ray imaging technique

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION DEVICE; ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING; AUTOMATIC INSPECTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROL SCHEMES; CONTROL SOFTWARE; DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM; EVALUATION RESULTS; IMAGE DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHM; LABVIEW; MECHANICAL DESIGN; MEDIAN FILTERING; PARAMETER SETTING; PEST INFESTATION; PEST INSPECTION; PROCESSING PROCEDURES; QUARANTINE; SCANNER SYSTEMS; START-UP PROCEDURE; VISUAL INSPECTION; X-RAY IMAGE; X-RAY IMAGING TECHNIQUE; X-RAY SOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DETECTORS; FRUITS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INSPECTION; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

SCANNING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FRUIT; PEST CONTROL; QUARANTINE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79957731209     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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