Agricultural Engineer, Ph.D.
USDA-ARS Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory 10300 Baltimore Avenue Building 303 BARC-East, Powder Mill Road Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 USA
Phone: 301.504.8450 ext 232 Fax: 301.504.9466
www.ars.usda.gov/ba/anri/emfsl/ccyang
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2009
- Yang, C.-C., Chao, K., and Kim, M.S. 2009. Machine vision system for online inspection
of freshly slaughtered chickens. Sensing and Instrumentation for Food Quality
and Safety. 3(1):70-80.
2008
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Chao, K., Nou, X., Liu, Y., Kim, M.S., Chan, D.E., Yang, C., Patel, J.R., Sharma, M. 2008. Detection of fecal/ingesta contaminants
on poultry processing equipment surfaces by visible and near-infrared reflectance
spectroscopy. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 24(11):49-55.
- Chao, K., Yang, C., and Kim, M.S. 2008. Line-scan spectral imaging system for online poultry
carcass inspection. Journal of Food Process Engineering (accepted 08/28/2008)
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Chao, K., Yang, C., Kim, M.S., and Chan, D.E. 2008. High throughput spectral imaging system
for wholesomeness inspection of chicken. Applied Engineering in Agriculture
24(4):475-485.
- Kim, M.S., Chen, Y.-R., Cho, B., Lefcourt, A.M., Chao, K. and Yang, C.-C. 2008. Online hyperspectral line-scan fluorescence imaging for safety
inspection of apples. Acta Horticulturae. 768(1):385-390.
2007
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Chao, K., Chen, Y.R., Ding, F., Yang, C.-C., and Chan, D.E. 2007. Development of two-band color-mixing technique
for identification of broiler carcass conditions. Journal of Food Engineering.
80(1):276-283.
- Chao, K., Yang, C.-C., Chen, Y.-R., Kim, M.S., and Chan, D.E. 2007. Hyperspectral-multispectral
line-scan imaging system for automated poultry carcass inspection applications
for food safety. Poultry Science. 86(11):2450-2460.
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Chao, K., Yang, C.-C., Chen, Y.R., Kim, M.S., and Chan, D.E. 2007. Fast line-scan imaging system
for broiler carcass inspection. Sensing and Instrumentation for Food Quality
and Safety. 1:62-71.
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Kim, M.S., Chen, Y.R., Cho, B.K., Chao, K., Yang, C.-C., Lefcourt, A.M., and Chan, D. 2007. Hyperspectral reflectance and fluorescence
line-scan imaging for online defect and fecal contamination inspection
of apples. Sensing and Instrumentation for Food Quality and Safety. 1(3):151-159.
2006
- Chao, K., Yang, C.-C., Chen, Y.R., Chan, D.E., and Kim, M.S. 2006. Poultry carcass inspection
by a fast line-scan imaging system: results from in-plant testing. In:
Chen, Y.R., Meyer, G.E., Tu, S.I., editors. Proceedings of SPIE, Volume
6381. Optics for Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Foods, October 3,
2006, Boston, Massachusetts. 6381:63810V.
- Kim, M.S., Cho, B.K., Yang, C.-C., Chao, K., Lefcourt, A.M., and Chen, Y.R. 2006. Hyperspectral reflectance
and fluorescence line-scan imaging system for online detection of fecal
contamination on apples. In: Y.R. Chen, G.E. Meyer, and S.I. Tu, editors.
Proceedings of SPIE: Optics for Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Foods,
6381:63810P.
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Liu, Y., Chao, K., Chen, Y.R., Kim, M.S., Nou, X., Chan, D.E., and Yang, C.-C. 2006. Comparison of visible and near infrared reflectance spectroscopy
for the detection of faeces/ingesta contaminants for sanitation verification
at slaughter plants. Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy. 14(5):325-331.
- Liu, Y., Chao, K., Chen, Y.R., Kim, M.S., Nou, X., Chan, D.E., and Yang, C.-C.2006. Detection of fecal/ingesta contaminants at slaughter plants from
a number of characteristic visible and near-infrared bands. In: Chen, Y.R.,
Meyer, G.E., Tu, S.I., editors. Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 6381. Optics
for Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Foods, October 3, 2006, Boston,
Massachusetts. 6381:63810U.
- Yang, C.-C., Chan, D.E., Chao, K., Chen, Y.R., Kim, M.S. 2006. Development of online
line-scan imaging system for chicken inspection and differentiation. In:
Chen, Y.R., Meyer, G.E., Tu, S.I., editors. Proceedings of SPIE, Volume
6381. Optics for Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Foods, October 3,
2006, Boston, Massachusetts. 6381:63810Y.
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Yang, C.-C., Chao, K., Chen, Y.R., Kim, M.S., and Chan, D.E. 2006. Development of
fuzzy logic based differentiation algorithm and fast line-scan imaging
system for chicken inspection. Biosystems Engineering. 95(4):483-496.
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Yang, C.-C., Chao, K., Chen, Y.R., Kim, M.S., and Early, H.L. 2006. Simple multispectral
image analysis for systemically diseased chicken identification. Transactions
of the ASABE. 49(1):245-257.
2005
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Yang, C.-C., Chao, K., Chen, Y.R., and Early, H.L. 2005. Systemically diseased chicken
identification using multispectral images and region of interest analysis.
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 49(2):255-271.
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Yang, C.-C., Chao, K., and Chen, Y.R. 2005. Development of multispectral imaging
processing algorithms for identification of wholesome, septicemic, and
inflammatory process chickens. Journal of Food Engineering. 69(2):225-234.
2003
- Yang, C.-C., Chao, K., and Chen, Y.R. 2003. Development of multispectral imaging
processing algorithms for food safety inspection on poultry carcasses.
American Society of Agricultural Engineers. ASAE Paper No. 03-3054.
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