Computer vision system for characterization of pasta (noodle) composition

Saulo Martiello Mastelini; Matheus Gustavo Alves Sasso; Gabriel Fillipe Centini Campos; Marcio Schmiele; Maria Teresa Pedrosa Silva Clerici; Douglas Fernandes Barbin; Sylvio Barbon

doi:10.1117/1.JEI.27.5.053021

26 September 2018 Computer vision system for characterization of pasta (noodle) composition

Saulo Martiello Mastelini, Matheus Gustavo Alves Sasso, Gabriel Fillipe Centini Campos, Marcio Schmiele, Maria Teresa Pedrosa Silva Clerici, Douglas Fernandes Barbin, Sylvio Barbon

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Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 27, Issue 5, 053021 (September 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.27.5.053021

Abstract

Noodle is a type of pasta, mainly composed of wheat flour (WF), widely consumed due to its easy preparation. Recently, there has been a growing concern in the food industry about nutritionally enriched processed wheat products, and the analytical methods used to characterize these products. We implemented a computer vision system (CVS) using image analysis and prediction algorithms, to predict three different components in pasta: hydrolyzed soy protein (HSP), fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS), and WF. Pasta samples used in the experiments were produced with 12 different combinations of these components, varying the amounts of HSP, FOS, and WF. Microscopy images of samples were acquired, preprocessed, and segmented to extract image features. We investigated 56 image features from four types (color, intensity, texture, and border) along with four machine learning algorithms (gradient boost machine, multilayer perceptron artificial neural network, support vector machine, and random forest) and partial least-squares to predict the quantity of noodle components. Accurate results were obtained for HSP and WF, with coefficient of regression (R2) of 0.82 and 0.75, and root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.12 and 0.15, respectively. On the other hand, FOS was not accurately identified (R2 = 0.39, RMSE = 0.21). The results support the potential application of CVS in the processing industry for noodle production.

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Saulo Martiello Mastelini, Matheus Gustavo Alves Sasso, Gabriel Fillipe Centini Campos, Marcio Schmiele, Maria Teresa Pedrosa Silva Clerici, Douglas Fernandes Barbin, and Sylvio Barbon "Computer vision system for characterization of pasta (noodle) composition," Journal of Electronic Imaging 27(5), 053021 (26 September 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.27.5.053021

Received: 10 April 2018; Accepted: 28 August 2018; Published: 26 September 2018

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