Abstract:Edge detection is a very significant feature of image processing and refers to the algorithms, which are intended for identifying points in a digital image where the image intensity changes significantly. The need of edge detection is to find the discontinuities in intensity, surface direction, change in texture properties, and variation in scene illumination. This paper proposes a rapid and superior edge detection technique, which uses the logical operations on circularly shifted images to efficiently detect … Show more
“…The flow chart shown in Fig. 3b depicts the main stages of the boundary detection algorithm followed by the application of the methods reported in 41 , 42 . Figure 3 ( a ) The representation of the lateral direction expansion of the infected region as a function of the period of incubation.…”
The tremendous advances achieved in the biophotonics technologies have intensified the necessity for non-invasive modalities that can characterize diverse biological materials with increased sensitivity and resolution. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is one of the techniques that has been applied for biological applications in medicine and agriculture to identify structural properties. Herein, we report the successful incorporation of OCT for the identification of morphological changes that occur as a result of the bitter rot disease, through continuous detection of structural changes. Detailed inner morphological structural changes occurring in fruit specimens were precisely analyzed as a function of the disease incubation period using OCT. The conducted histological correlation and quantitative three-dimensional evaluations provide a robust platform for further discoveries related to plant materials. The results highlight the initial identification of bitter rot progression on apple specimens owing to the non-invasive inspection capability of OCT. Therefore, we expect that the proposed method will enable immediate sensitivity improvements in the inspection of plant diseases for postharvest utility.
“…The flow chart shown in Fig. 3b depicts the main stages of the boundary detection algorithm followed by the application of the methods reported in 41 , 42 . Figure 3 ( a ) The representation of the lateral direction expansion of the infected region as a function of the period of incubation.…”
The tremendous advances achieved in the biophotonics technologies have intensified the necessity for non-invasive modalities that can characterize diverse biological materials with increased sensitivity and resolution. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is one of the techniques that has been applied for biological applications in medicine and agriculture to identify structural properties. Herein, we report the successful incorporation of OCT for the identification of morphological changes that occur as a result of the bitter rot disease, through continuous detection of structural changes. Detailed inner morphological structural changes occurring in fruit specimens were precisely analyzed as a function of the disease incubation period using OCT. The conducted histological correlation and quantitative three-dimensional evaluations provide a robust platform for further discoveries related to plant materials. The results highlight the initial identification of bitter rot progression on apple specimens owing to the non-invasive inspection capability of OCT. Therefore, we expect that the proposed method will enable immediate sensitivity improvements in the inspection of plant diseases for postharvest utility.
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