Research Article

Nondestructive Detection of Authenticity of Thai Jasmine Rice Using Multispectral Imaging

Table 1

Analysis of imaging features for four different varieties of rice.

VarietyArea/mm2Length/widthRoundness/mmLab

Thai jasmine rice3.07 ± 0.34 b12.78 ± 1.10 a2.57 ± 0.27 b67.18 ± 1.50 b−0.25 ± 0.14 b−4.55 ± 1.13 a
Jasmine sticky rice3.48 ± 0.27 a12.34 ± 0.83 b2.76 ± 0.25 a67.19 ± 0.98 b−0.27 ± 0.12 b−4.57 ± 1.09 a
Simiao rice3.06 ± 0.24 b12.54 ± 1.21 b2.54 ± 0.22 b67.61 ± 1.90 a−0.14 ± 0.13 a−4.60 ± 1.05 b
Northeast Wuchang rice2.80 ± 0.14 c12.20 ± 0.95 c2.29 ± 0.19 c67.61 ± 2.03 a−0.26 ± 0.15 b−5.33 ± 1.13 c

Data correspond to the means ± standard error of two hundred rice samples. Different small letters in the same column indicate significant difference among different varieties of rice samples .