Nondestructive Food Evaluation

"...provides a very good review and up-to-date discussion of the optical, magnetic, ultrasonic, mechanical and biological methods of food quality evaluation.... ...well organized and clearly presented...a good reference book."---Perishables Handling Quarterly, 2001

• Optical methods - visible, NIR, and FTIR spectroscopy; computer vision; DLE and fluorescence; X-ray imaging; nuclear magnetic resonance techniques; ultrasonics; firmness measurement methods; linear viscoelastic methods; biosensors; data analysis and control.