Title :
Towards Real-Time Terahertz Quality Assurance of Chocolate Products
Author :
Joerdens, C. ; Rutz, F. ; Hasek, T. ; Koch, M.
Author_Institution :
TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig
Abstract :
We evaluate the potential of terahertz imaging for quality control in the food industry, in particular for monitoring chocolate fabrication. To increase the imaging speed only a few points of the THz waveform are measured.
Keywords :
food processing industry; food products; quality assurance; quality control; submillimetre wave imaging; THz waveform measurement; chocolate fabrication monitoring; chocolate products; food industry; quality control; real-time terahertz quality assurance; terahertz imaging; Bars; Contamination; Food industry; Glass industry; Optical imaging; Pollution measurement; Pulse measurements; Quality assurance; Quality control; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter Waves and 14th International Conference on Teraherz Electronics, 2006. IRMMW-THz 2006. Joint 31st International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0400-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0400-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2006.368540
