Visualize the quality of frozen fish using fluorescence imaging aided with excitation-emission matrix

Opt Express. 2018 Sep 3;26(18):22954-22964. doi: 10.1364/OE.26.022954.

Abstract

The quality monitoring of frozen marine products has become essential in the fishery industry, where efficient and effective quality assurance is becoming increasingly important. In this study, we proposed a novel method of evaluating fish quality by combining the fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEM) with imaging techniques to visualize the spatial-temporal changes of freshness indices such as K-value and taste component IMP content. The result showed that the distribution of K-value and IMP content could be visualized with accuracy of R2 = 0.78 and R2 = 0.83, respectively. Furthermore, this innovative approach was applied to differentiate burnt meat, which is a type of abnormal meat found in many types of fish, and it was found that burnt meat could be detected even when in a frozen condition.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Animals
  • Food Quality*
  • Freezing*
  • Perciformes*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods*