Assessment of quality of fruits using impedance spectroscopy

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1303-1309

  Rehman, Mahfoozur ^a   Abu Izneid, Basem A J A ^a   Abdullah, Mohd Zaid ^a   Arshad, Mohd Rizal ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Automatic sorting of fruits; Electrical impedance spectroscopy; Nondestructive testing of fruits; Post harvest assessment; Quality assessment of fruits

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC SORTING OF FRUITS; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; POST HARVEST; QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF FRUITS;

CAPACITANCE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RATING;

FRUITS;

EID: 79961243180     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2011.02636.x     Document Type: Article

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