Image processing methods and fractal analysis for quantitative evaluation of size, shape, structure and microstructure in food materials

Food Engineering Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 277-286

  Chanona Perez J ^a   Quevedo, R ^b   Aparicio, A R Jiménez ^a   Chávez, C Gumeta ^a   Pérez, J A Mendoza ^c   Domínguez, G Calderón ^a   Alamilla Beltran L ^a   Gutiérrez López, Gustavo F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS   (Chile)

^c Secretaria de Marina Mexico   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bread crumb; Food particle; Fractal analysis; Fractal dimension; Image processing method

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019530772     PISSN: 15710297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75430-7_16     Document Type: Chapter

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