Potential application of laser-based imaging technology in the quality evaluation of agricultural products: A review
Philip Donald Cabuga Sanchez1, Norhashila Hashim2, Rosnah Shamsudin3, Mohd Zuhair Mohd Nor4.
Non-destructive quality evaluation of agricultural products particularly during
postharvest stage has been a primary concern in recent years. The laser-based imaging
technology is one of the most promising non-invasive tools which demonstrate potential
ability to replace the conventional methods of quality monitoring that are time-consuming,
expensive, laborious, inaccurate and most of all destructive. Hence, in this paper, we briefly
reviewed the potential application of laser-light backscattering imaging technique (LLBI) as
a non-destructive quality evaluation tool applied in agricultural products. This review mainly
reports the current knowledge on the successful implementations of the LLBI in measuring
the various quality-related attributes of agricultural products under different postharvest
conditions such as in drying, storage, sorting, maturity identification and defect detection.
The basic components, uses and considerations of the techniques are highlighted in this
paper. Moreover, the advantages, drawbacks, measurement methods, data analysis applied as
well as the accuracies obtained are briefly summarized.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
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