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Original Articles

Methods of Measuring Bruise Volume of Pear (Pyrus Communis L.)

Pages 1178-1186 | Received 12 May 2009, Accepted 02 May 2009, Published online: 04 Jun 2010
 

Abstract

The grade of injures can be determined or measured by bruise volume using a sectioning and imaging analysis technique and different methods for calculating the size of pear bruises. The calculation methods were not consistent, with large calculation errors at small bruise sizes. The calculation of bruise volume was improved when the surface shape of the bruise was an ellipse instead of a circle. In this study, various methods are recommended for the calculation of the bruise volume depending on the range of the bruise sizes being investigated.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This study was partly supported by the Scientific Research Fund of Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.

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