Terahertz (THZ) applications in food and agriculture: A review

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1213-1226

  Mathanker, S K ^a   Weckler, P R ^b   Wang, N ^b  

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

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food; Imaging; Machine vision; Spectroscopy; Terahertz; THz

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS; DETECTION TECHNOLOGY; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; POTENTIAL RESEARCHES; SECURITY SCREENING; TERA HERTZ; THZ; THZ SPECTROSCOPY;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER VISION; FOOD PRODUCTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNOLOGY;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; FOOD; IMAGING METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; RESEARCH WORK; SPECTROSCOPY; SURVEY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 84884197089     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.56.9390     Document Type: Article

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