X-ray imaging methods for internal quality evaluation of agricultural produce

Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Kotwaliwale, Nachiket ^a   Singh, Karan ^a   Kalne, Abhimannyu ^a   Jha, Shyam Narayan ^b   Seth, Neeraj ^c   Kar, Abhijit ^d  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF POST HARVEST ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Dr BS Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth   (India)

^d INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural produce; Computed tomography; Digital radiography; Internal quality evaluation; Non destructive quality inspection; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; INTERNAL QUALITY; QUALITY INSPECTION; XRAY IMAGING;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84891275577     PISSN: 00221155     EISSN: 09758402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13197-011-0485-y     Document Type: Review

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