Investigations on laser marking of plants and fruits

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 436-446

  Marx, Christian ^a,b   Hustedt, Michael ^b   Hoja, Heiderose ^a   Winkelmann, Traud ^a   Rath, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT PRODUCT; FUNGAL INFECTION; HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS; LASER ENERGIES; LASER WAVELENGTH; PATTERN DESIGNS; PRODUCT PACKAGING; PRODUCT SURFACE;

BAR CODES; FRUITS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TWO DIMENSIONAL;

MARKING MACHINES;

EID: 84886530834     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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