X-ray applications in food and agriculture: A review

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1227-1239

  Mathanker, S K ^a   Weckler, P R ^b   Bowser, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classifiers; Food safety; Fruit; Grain; Image processing; Machine vision; Nut; Plant; Segmentation; Soil; X ray

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION PROPERTIES; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHM; NUT; PLANT; X RAY INSPECTION SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURE; CLASSIFIERS; COMPUTER VISION; FOOD SAFETY; FRUITS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HARDWARE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SOILS; SURVEYS; X RAYS;

X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALGORITHM; FOOD; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT; HARDWARE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LITERATURE REVIEW; PLANT; SOFTWARE; SOIL PROPERTY; X-RAY;

EID: 84884183469     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.56.9785     Document Type: Article

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