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Hyperspectral imaging detects food pathogen Campylobacter
Researchers with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have used hyperspectral imaging to distinguish the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter from other microorganisms. Results …
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Machine vision helps judge fruit taste
MAY 9--The produce industry is working with the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS)--the US Department of Agriculture chief scientific research agency--to make sure that fruits and vegetables taste …
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Machine vision to be used to automate cotton gins
APRIL 20--A scientist at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS; www.ars.usda.gov ), the US Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency, has developed a patented …
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Cheap camera captures pictures of crops
… lightweight imager that can be used on small aircraft such as UAVs has been developed by researchers from the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS; Beltsville, MD, USA) and Science Applications International Corp. ( SAIC ; McLean, VA, USA …
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FOOD & BEVERAGE: Vision system speeds egg crack detection
… cracks that may later expand and enlarge. To overcome these problems, Kurt Lawrence and his colleagues at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (Athens, GA, USA; www.ars.usda.gov ) have …
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X-ray imaging pinpoints olive damage
… from the eggs feed beneath the olive’s skin and leave a tiny exit hole in their wake. Researchers at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Western Regional Research Center (Albany, CA, USA; www.ars.usda.gov ) are hoping to develop …
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AGRICULTURE: Weeding system uses x-rays to detect tomato stems
… California Davis (Davis, CA, USA; www.ucdavis.edu ) and Ron Haff of the US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, USA; www.ars.usda.gov ) have collaborated to develop …
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FOOD & BEVERAGE: Vision system speeds egg crack detection
… Kurt Lawrence and his colleagues at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the United States Department of Agriculture ..... agricultural engineer Kurt Lawrence at the Agricultural Research Service have developed a vision system that illuminates …
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X-ray imaging checks cherry pits
… his colleagues at WRRC Imaging and Sorting Lab , a research group within the US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service , Plant Mycotoxin Research Unit, at the Western Regional Research Center in Albany, CA. The new system …
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Multispectral imaging checks for chicken disease
… production and inspection lines. Over the past several years, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has developed several automated poultry-inspection systems based on machine vision, including a …