Principles and Applications of Light Backscattering Imaging in Quality Evaluation of Agro-food Products: A Review

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1465-1485

  Mollazade, Kaveh ^a   Omid, Mahmoud ^a   Tab, Fardin Akhlaghian ^b   Mohtasebi, Sayed Saeid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Horticultural products; Hyperspectral imaging; Image processing; Laser diode; Light propagation; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BACKSCATTERING; FOOD PRODUCTS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES; FOOD INDUSTRIES; HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; LIGHT BACKSCATTERING; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS; QUALITY EVALUATION; SOLUBLE SOLID CONTENT; TECHNICAL PRINCIPLE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84975865355     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-012-0821-x     Document Type: Review

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