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Title: Machine recognition of navel orange worm damage in X-ray images of pistachio nuts

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10120919
;  [1];  [2]
  1. USDA-ARS Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)

Insect infestation increases the probability of aflatoxin contamination in pistachio nuts. A non-destructive test is currently not available to determine the insect content of pistachio nuts. This paper presents the use of film X-ray images of various types of pistachio nuts to assess the possibility of machine recognition of insect infested nuts. Histogram parameters of four derived images are used in discriminant functions to select insect infested nuts from specific processing streams.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
10120919
Report Number(s):
LBL-36581; CONF-9411197-1; ON: DE95006586; TRN: 95:002551
Resource Relation:
Conference: SPIE: International Society for Optical Engineering meeting,Boston, MA (United States),2-4 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English