Sub-Terahertz Imaging-Based Real-Time Non-Destructive Inspection System for Estimating Water Activity and Foreign Matter Depth in Seaweed
Dong-Hoon Kwak, Ho-Won Yun, Jong-Hun Lee, Young-Duk Kim, Doo-Hyun Choi · 2024
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Description
Dong-Hoon Kwak, Ho-Won Yun, Jong-Hun Lee, Young-Duk Kim, and Doo-Hyun Choi published this food safety study in 2024. It describes a machine that inspects seaweed sheets as they move along a conveyor belt. The system uses sub-terahertz waves, which pass through dry, non-conducting material, to spot foreign matter hidden in the product and judge how deep it sits. It also estimates water activity, a measure tied to freshness.
The team trained a light object-spotting model on 9,659 labeled images taken with the system. Their hardware kept pace with a belt moving at 45 centimeters per second. Final scores were strong: precision of 0.91, recall of 0.95, and an F1-score of 0.93. The authors present the setup as a contact-free way to check food safety on a real production line.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dong-Hoon Kwak, Ho-Won Yun, Jong-Hun Lee, Young-Duk Kim, Doo-Hyun Choi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |