The Non-destructive Testing, In Situ Analysis, and Automated Sorting of Food/Agricultural Product Quality
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Analytical Methods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 212
Special Issue Editors
Interests: non-destructive intelligent detection; origin traceability of agricultural and livestock products; agricultural electrification and automation; machine vision
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: films; egg white protein emulsions; food hydrocolloids; egg
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The quality issues surrounding food/agricultural products have long been a focus of public attention, as their quality directly impacts both food safety and economic value. Conventional chemical analysis, while a common method for assessing the quality of food/agricultural products, can identify specific chemical and nutritional components, yet its operation is intricate, cumbersome and time-consuming. Non-destructive testing techniques, including spectroscopy, machine vision, vibration signal analysis, electromagnetic ultrasonic technology, electronic noses and electronic tongues, offer advantages such as non-invasiveness, effective detection, efficiency and simplicity of operation. These techniques are currently emerging as hot topics in the realm of food/agricultural product quality testing. Researchers have also shown considerable interest in furthering the in situ analysis and automation of food/agricultural product sorting. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to explore the application of various non-destructive testing techniques in quality assessment, enabling real-time analysis and automated sorting of food/agricultural products, thereby advancing the resolution of quality-related issues in this domain.
Prof. Dr. Qiaohua Wang
Prof. Dr. Meihu Ma
Dr. Wei Fan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- the quality of food/agricultural products
- non-destructive inspection
- in situ analysis
- automated sorting
- spectral technology
- machine vision
- vibration signal analysis
- electromagnetic ultrasonic technology
- electronic nose/electronic tongue
