REAL-TIME DETECTION OF PITS IN PROCESSED CHERRIES BY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE PROJECTIONS

Authors
ZION B MCCARTHY MJ CHEN P
Citation
B. Zion et al., REAL-TIME DETECTION OF PITS IN PROCESSED CHERRIES BY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE PROJECTIONS, Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft + Technologie, 27(5), 1994, pp. 457-462
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft + Technologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00236438
Volume
27
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
457 - 462
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-6438(1994)27:5<457:RDOPIP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A simulation of one-dimensional magnetic resonance projections of cher ries, showed a significant difference between projections of cherries with and without pits. Projections of cherries in a 2-T magnetic field and a 100 mm Birdcage coil were used for detection of hidden pits. Wh en cherries were randomly oriented 45 of 51 (88%) brined cherries with pits and 19 of 30 (63%) pitted cherries were correctly classified. A great improvement was achieved with oriented cherries: 29 out of 30 ch erries with pits and 29 out of 30 pitted cherries were correctly class ified. Detection rate may reach hundreds of cherries per second. This method could be applicable to detection of pits in olives and dates.