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Development of a detection method of foreign materials in agri-food products by electrical impedance tomography

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17380156
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Agricultural information engineering
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

TOYODA Kiyohiko  Kobe University, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (30144603)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) OKAYAMA Takahide  Kobe University, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (30031230)
Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥4,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000)
Keywordselectrical impedance / tomography / non-destructive / internal visualization / foreign materials / volumetric resistance / conductivity / ground meat / 異物検出 / 導電率 / 電極抵抗 / パン生地 / 接触抵抗 / 接触圧
Research Abstract

A measurement system of electrical impedance tomography, EIT for non-destructive and non-invasive detecting of foreign materials in foods and agricultural and livestock products was developed. It was tested for the application of the imaging and position-detection of foreign materials (metals and plastics) and voids embedded in meat products.
As basic material properties for EIT measurement, volume resistivity of tested meat product was measured at 130-180 Ω-cm and of tested bread dough at 100-1000Ω-cm respectively which values were largely different from those of the above foreign materials. Therefore, EIT has an advantage for detecting those foreign materials in foods.
An EIT system is composed of data collection sub-system and image restructure sub-system.
The data collection probe with 16 electrodes equally-spaced on the annular plastic base was developed. Electrical alternate-current injection and voltage measurement through the electrodes were carried out in the neighboring method. An image-reconstruction method based on FEM approximation and Newton-Raphson method were adopted. A developed EIT system provided no acceptable images of foreign materials in a static image, however the detection of foreign materials and voids could be possible in a difference image taken from a reference frame including no foreign materials. Sensitivity of foreign material imaging is strongly influenced by electrical current density in a material. The influences of material thickness and an electrode layout between a plain type and a lateral type were evaluated in the experiments.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2005-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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