Colour measurements by computer vision for food quality control - A review

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-20

  Wu, Di ^a   Sun, Da Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOUR MEASUREMENT; COLOUR SPACES; FOOD QUALITY; FUTURE TRENDS; MARKET ACCEPTANCE; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES;

COLOR; COLORIMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 84872014172     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2012.08.004     Document Type: Review

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