In this study, the application potential of computer vision in on-line determination of CIE L*a*b* and content of
intramuscular fat (IMF) of pork was evaluated. Images of pork chop from 211 pig carcasses were captured while samples
were on a conveyor belt at the speed of 0.25 m•s-1 to simulate the on-line environment. CIE L*a*b* and IMF content
were measured with colorimeter and chemical extractor as reference. The KSW algorithm combined with region
selection was employed in eliminating the surrounding fat of longissimus dorsi muscle (MLD). RGB values of the pork
were counted and five methods were applied for transforming RGB values to CIE L*a*b* values. The region growing
algorithm with multiple seed points was applied to mask out the IMF pixels within the intensity corrected images. The
performances of the proposed algorithms were verified by comparing the measured reference values and the quality
characteristics obtained by image processing. MLD region of six samples could not be identified using the KSW
algorithm. Intensity nonuniformity of pork surface in the image can be eliminated efficiently, and IMF region of three
corrected images failed to be extracted. Given considerable variety of color and complexity of the pork surface, CIE L*,
a* and b* color of MLD could be predicted with correlation coefficients of 0.84, 0.54 and 0.47 respectively, and IMF
content could be determined with a correlation coefficient more than 0.70. The study demonstrated that it is feasible to
evaluate CIE L*a*b* values and IMF content on-line using computer vision.
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