“…Hyperspectral imaging technologies are also being utilized in medical (Harvey, Lawlor, McNaught, & Fletcher-Holmes, 2002;Levenson, Wachman, Niu, & Farkas, 1998) biological, agricultural, and industrial areas (Heitschmidt, Lanoue, Mao, & May, 1998;Lu & Chen, 1998;Lu, Chen, Park, & Choi, 1999;Willoughby, Folkman, & Figueroa, 1996). Furthermore, this great potential hyperspectral imaging technology has been applied for food quality and safety (Hahn, 2002;Lu & Chen, 1998;Lu et al, 1999).…”