The detection of agricultural products and food using terahertz spectroscopy: A review

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 439-457

  Qin, Jianyuan ^a   Ying, Yibin ^a   Xie, Lijuan ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

agricultural products; food; quality evaluation; safety control; Terahertz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

QUALITY AND SAFETIES; QUALITY EVALUATION; SAFETY CONTROLS; SAMPLE PREPARATION; TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SAFETY; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84876012333     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: 1520569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05704928.2012.745418     Document Type: Review

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