Determination of tangerine volume using image processing methods

International Journal of Food Properties

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 760-770

  Khojastehnazhand, Mostafa ^a   Omid, Mahmoud ^a   Tabatabaeefar, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ellipsoid approximation; Fruit sorting; Image processing; Segmentation method; Tangerine; Volume

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PROCESSING;

ELLIPSOID APPROXIMATION; FRUIT SORTING; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; SEGMENTATION METHODS; VOLUME ESTIMATIONS; WATER DISPLACEMENT;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84975880728     PISSN: 10942912     EISSN: 15322386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10942910902894062     Document Type: Article

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