Automatic detection of bone fragments in poultry using multi-energy x-rays
Abstract
At least two linear arrays of x-ray detectors are placed below a conveyor belt in a poultry processing plant. Multiple-energy x-ray sources illuminate the poultry and are detected by the detectors. Laser profilometry is used to measure the poultry thickness as the x-ray data is acquired. The detector readout is processed in real time to detect the presence of small highly attenuating fragments in the poultry, i.e., bone, metal, and cartilage.
- Inventors:
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- Knoxville, TN
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 874342
- Patent Number(s):
- 6370223
- Assignee:
- UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- automatic; detection; bone; fragments; poultry; multi-energy; x-rays; linear; arrays; x-ray; detectors; placed; below; conveyor; belt; processing; plant; multiple-energy; sources; illuminate; detected; laser; profilometry; measure; thickness; data; acquired; detector; readout; processed; time; detect; presence; highly; attenuating; metal; cartilage; x-ray source; linear array; energy x-rays; processing plant; ray detector; /378/
Citation Formats
Gleason, Shaun S, Paulus, Michael J, and Mullens, James A. Automatic detection of bone fragments in poultry using multi-energy x-rays. United States: N. p., 2002.
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Gleason, Shaun S, Paulus, Michael J, & Mullens, James A. Automatic detection of bone fragments in poultry using multi-energy x-rays. United States.
Gleason, Shaun S, Paulus, Michael J, and Mullens, James A. Tue .
"Automatic detection of bone fragments in poultry using multi-energy x-rays". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874342.
@article{osti_874342,
title = {Automatic detection of bone fragments in poultry using multi-energy x-rays},
author = {Gleason, Shaun S and Paulus, Michael J and Mullens, James A},
abstractNote = {At least two linear arrays of x-ray detectors are placed below a conveyor belt in a poultry processing plant. Multiple-energy x-ray sources illuminate the poultry and are detected by the detectors. Laser profilometry is used to measure the poultry thickness as the x-ray data is acquired. The detector readout is processed in real time to detect the presence of small highly attenuating fragments in the poultry, i.e., bone, metal, and cartilage.},
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journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2002},
month = {4}
}
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