Line-scan hyperspectral imaging system for real-time inspection of poultry carcasses with fecal material and ingesta

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-168

  Yoon, Seung Chul ^a   Park, Bosoon ^a   Lawrence, Kurt C ^a   Windham, William R ^a   Heitschmidt, Gerald W ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal detection; Food safety; Hyperspectral imaging; Line scan; Poultry processing; Real time multispectral imaging

Indexed keywords

FECAL DETECTION; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; LINE SCAN; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING; POULTRY PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FOOD SAFETY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INSPECTION; MATERIALS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SORTING;

SURFACES;

ALGORITHM; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; DATA ACQUISITION; FECES; FOOD SAFETY; FUTURE PROSPECT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INGESTION RATE; POULTRY; REAL TIME; SOFTWARE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 80053996963     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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