光谱技术预测牛肉嫩度研究进展

肉的嫩度是肉品品质的首要指标。多年来,牛肉嫩度一直是肉品学者关注的焦点,而牛肉嫩度的检测是近年来研究的热点之一。本文从光谱谱信息和牛肉内部成分的关系及光谱成像和牛肉外部特征的关系两方面,简要阐述牛肉嫩度检测的光谱技术特点。主要介绍国内外近十年来在牛肉嫩度检测方面所采用的近红外(NIR)、高光谱、多光谱、荧光光谱和可见光谱技术研究进展,讨论现有技术的局限性,并指出未来牛肉嫩度检测技术的发展方向。     

基于图像纹理特征的牛肉嫩度预测方法研究

在经过图像预处理,背最长肌与大理石花纹的分割,并实现大理石花纹特征值的提取后,利用灰度共生矩阵提取4个对嫩度剪切力贡献较大的纹理特征参数,并统计这些参数应用多元线性回归建立牛肉嫩度剪切力预测模型。结果表明：可见光下利用纹理特征预测牛肉嫩度的方法能够以96%的准确率实现嫩度剪切力等级的预测,具有较高的商用开发价值。     

不同分集方法对牛肉嫩度高光谱检测模型的比较

选用牛肉嫩度作为研究对象,开展了4种不同样品集划分方法的选取对其高光谱模型的影响研究。首先选取了70个具有代表性的牛肉样品并提取其肌肉感兴趣区域(ROIs)的光谱,比较分析了浓度梯度法(C-G)、随机法(R-S)、Kennard-Stone(K-S)和光谱-理化值共生矩阵法(SPXY)获取的校正集建立的牛肉嫩度PCR和PLSR模型效果。结果表明:在PCR和PLSR中,SPXY均为最适的样品分集方法,并且4种样品集划分方法下的PLSR模型效果均较优。最优模型SPXY-PLSR校正集的相关系数(Rcal)和均方根误差(RMSEC)分别为0.94和0.48,预测集的相关系数(Rp)和均方根误差(RMSEP)分别为0.93和0.63。研究表明SPXY方法结合高光谱PLSR模型能够实现牛肉嫩度的快速无损检测。     

NIR高光谱成像技术检测冷鲜羊肉嫩度

利用900¹700 nm近红外高光谱成像系统对冷鲜羊肉嫩度进行快速无损检测研究。采集冷鲜羊肉（1⁸ d）表面的高光谱散射图像,提取样本感兴趣区域反射光谱曲线并用剪切力值表征冷鲜羊肉的标准嫩度。以原始光谱、特征区域光谱和Savitzky-Golay卷积平滑预处理光谱建立冷鲜羊肉嫩度的偏最小二乘回归（PLSR）模型,预处理的特征区域光谱建立的模型效果更优。结果表明:特征区域光谱可有效替代全波段光谱,经过S-G卷积平滑预处理后,模型预测效果最佳,预测相关系数（Rp）和均方根误差（RMSEP）分别为0.773和1.060。研究表明:利用近红外高光谱成像技术结合偏最小二乘回归法对冷鲜羊肉嫩度的快速无损检测是可行的。      

氯化钙处理对牛肉嫩度影响的研究

对宰后8h的牛肉分别注射200、250、300mmol／LCaCl2溶液(注射量为肉重的3％),然后将处理样品在4℃下分别腌制12h、24h、48h,通过对其剪切力值的测定,研究注射氯化钙及腌制时间对牛肉嫩度的影响。结果表明,与未注CaCl2溶液组相比,注射CaCl2溶液组牛肉嫩度显著提高(P<0.05),但不同水平CaCl2溶液处理之间牛肉嫩度差异不显著(P>005);不同腌制时间对牛肉嫩度的影响差异不显著(P>0.05)。综合分析,200mmol/L的CaCl2溶液处理浓度、48h的腌制时间改善牛肉的嫩度是可行的。      

牛肉嫩度的色差值预测模型研究

为了更快捷地甄选高品质牛肉,通过测定排酸24~48h育肥公牛和淘汰母牛部位肉的色差,探索用牛肉颜色预测牛肉嫩度的方法。实验表明,公牛和母牛的肉色及嫩度差异显著(p<0.05)。公牛和母牛以及公牛前、中、后躯的预测模型均显著(p<0.05)。各模型经过24个部位肉验证,所得剪切力值与实测值差异不显著(p<0.05),说明各模型在嫩度预测上具有较高的参考价值。     

氯化钙处理对牛肉嫩度影响的研究

对宰后8h的牛肉分别注射200、250、300mmol／LCaCl2溶液(注射量为肉重的3％),然后将处理样品在4℃下分别腌制12h、24h、48h,通过对其剪切力值的测定,研究注射氯化钙及腌制时间对牛肉嫩度的影响。结果表明,与未注CaCl2溶液组相比,注射CaCl2溶液组牛肉嫩度显著提高(P<0.05),但不同水平CaCl2溶液处理之间牛肉嫩度差异不显著(P>005);不同腌制时间对牛肉嫩度的影响差异不显著(P>0.05)。综合分析,200mmol/L的CaCl2溶液处理浓度、48h的腌制时间改善牛肉的嫩度是可行的。     

一种基于高光谱图像的熟牛肉TVB-N含量预测方法

传统肉制品新鲜度检测方法具有耗时费力、效率低、有损等缺陷,提出利用高光谱成像(HSI)技术预测熟牛肉新鲜度指标挥发性盐基氮(TVB-N)含量。首先通过HSI系统获取熟牛肉样本的高光谱数据,并进行黑白校正。进而采用移动平均平滑和多元散射校正对高光谱数据进行预处理。最后采用支持向量回归(SVR)方法分别建立基于全光谱特征、单一光谱特征、单一纹理特征、主成分分析(PCA)融合特征对TVB-N含量的预测模型。结果显示,使用PCA融合特征的SVR模型,对新鲜度的关键指标TVB-N含量的平均预测准确度(APA)可达到85.13%,表明高光谱成像技术与信息融合技术相结合能够提升模型准确度。     

基于VIS/NIR高光谱成像技术检测鸡肉嫩度

利用400~1000 nm可见近红外高光谱成像系统对鸡肉嫩度进行快速无损检测研究。采集鸡肉表面的高光谱散射图像,提取样本感兴趣区域反射光谱曲线并用剪切力值表征鸡肉的标准嫩度。以原始光谱和多元散射校正(MSC)预处理光谱数据建立鸡肉嫩度的偏最小二乘回归(PLSR)模型,预处理光谱建立的模型效果更优。基于MSC预处理,采用偏PLS权重系数法结合逐步回归法筛选出了4个特征波长。然后采用PLSR和多元线性回归(MLR)模型分别建立特征波长处光谱反射值和鸡肉嫩度关系的数学模型,优选最佳模型。结果显示:MLR模型预测效果较好,预测相关系数(RP)和均方根误差(RMSEP)分别为0.94和1.97。研究表明:利用可见近红外高光谱成像技术结合多元回归分析法对鸡肉嫩度的快速无损检测是可行的。     

肉类嫩度的影响因素及盐类嫩化牛肉技术研究进展

肌原纤维的结构状态和内源嫩化酶的生物状态都是改善肉类嫩度的主要影响因素,大量研究表明,盐类能够有效提高牛肉的嫩度及其食用品质,且该嫩化方法在提高牛肉保水性的同时,能够降低嫩化成本.文章综述了肉类嫩度的主要影响因素及其机理、盐类嫩化技术的相关机理以及国内外应用盐类嫩化牛肉的相关研究进展,为牛肉的嫩化技术及其机理的研究提供...     

Prediction of beef quality attributes using VIS/NIR hyperspectral scattering imaging technique

Hyperspectral imaging images were used to predict fresh beef tenderness (WBSF: Warner-Bratzler Shear Force) and color parameters (L^∗, a^∗, b^∗). Sixty-five fresh strip loin cuts were collected from 33 carcass after 2 days postmortem. After acquiring hyperspectral images, the samples were vacuum packaged and aged for 7 days, and then the color parameters and WBSF of the samples were measured as references. The optical scattering profiles were extracted from the images and fitted to the Lorentzian distribution (LD) function with three parameters. LD parameters, such as the scattering asymptotic vale, the peak height, and full scattering width were determined at each wavelength. Stepwise discrimination was used to identify optimal wavelengths. The LD parameters’ combinations with optimal wavelengths were used to establish multi-linear regression (MLR) models to predict the beef attributes. The models were able to predict beef WBSF with R_cv = 0.91, and color parameters (L^∗, a^∗, b^∗) with R_cv of 0.96, 0.96 and 0.97, respectively.     

Optical scattering in beef steak to predict tenderness using hyperspectral imaging in the VIS-NIR region

The objective of this research is to develop a non-destructive method for predicting cooked beef tenderness using optical scattering of light on fresh beef muscle tissue. A hyperspectral imaging system (λ = 496–1,036 nm) that consists of a CCD camera and an imaging spectrograph, was used to acquire beef steak images. The hyperspectral image consisted of 120 bands with spectral intervals of 4.54 nm. Sixty-one fresh beef steaks, including 44 strip loin and 17 tenderloin cuts, were collected. After imaging, the steaks were cooked and Warner-Bratzler shear (WBS) force values were collected as tenderness references. The optical scattering profiles were derived from the hyperspectral images and fitted to the modified Lorentzian function. Parameters, such as the peak height, full scattering width at half maximum (FWHM), and the slope around the FWHM were determined at each wavelength. Stepwise regression was used to identify 7 key wavelengths and parameters. The parameters were then used to predict the WBS scores. The model was able to predict WBS scores with an R = 0.67. Optical scattering implemented with hyperspectral imaging shows limited success for predicting current status of tenderness in beef steak.     

Optical scattering with hyperspectral imaging to classify longissimus dorsi muscle based on beef tenderness using multivariate modeling

The objective of this study was to develop a non-destructive method for classifying cooked-beef tenderness using hyperspectral imaging of optical scattering on fresh beef muscle tissue. A hyperspectral imaging system (λ = 922–1739 nm) was used to collect hyperspectral scattering images of the longissimus dorsi muscle (n = 472). A modified Lorentzian function was used to fit optical scattering profiles at each wavelength. After removing highly correlated parameters extracted from the Lorentzian function, principal component analysis was performed. Four principal component scores were used in a linear discriminant model to classify beef tenderness. In a validation data set (n = 118 samples), the model was able to successfully classify tough and tender samples with 83.3% and 75.0% accuracies, respectively. Presence of fat flecks did not have a significant effect on beef tenderness classification accuracy. The results demonstrate that hyperspectral imaging of optical scattering is a viable technology for beef tenderness classification.     

Non-destructive assessment of instrumental and sensory tenderness of lamb meat using NIR hyperspectral imaging

The purpose of this study was to develop and test a hyperspectral imaging system (900–1700 nm) to predict instrumental and sensory tenderness of lamb meat. Warner–Bratzler shear force (WBSF) values and sensory scores by trained panellists were collected as the indicator of instrumental and sensory tenderness, respectively. Partial least squares regression models were developed for predicting instrumental and sensory tenderness with reasonable accuracy (R_cv = 0.84 for WBSF and 0.69 for sensory tenderness). Overall, the results confirmed that the spectral data could become an interesting screening tool to quickly categorise lamb steaks in good (i.e. tender) and bad (i.e. tough) based on WBSF values and sensory scores with overall accuracy of about 94.51% and 91%, respectively. Successive projections algorithm (SPA) was used to select the most important wavelengths for WBSF prediction. Additionally, textural features from Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) were extracted to determine the correlation between textural features and WBSF values.     

Non-destructive determination of water-holding capacity in fresh beef by using NIR hyperspectral imaging

This study was carried out for post-mortem non-destructive prediction of water holding capacity (WHC) in fresh beef using near infrared (NIR) hyperspectral imaging. Hyperspectral images were acquired for different beef samples originated from different breeds and different muscles and their spectral signatures were extracted. Both principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares regression (PLSR) models were developed to obtain an overview of the systematic spectral variations and to correlate spectral data of beef samples to its real WHC estimated by drip loss method. Partial least squares modeling resulted in a coefficient of determination (R_CV²) of 0.89 and standard error estimated by cross validation (SECV) of 0.26%. The PLSR loadings showed that there are some important absorption peaks throughout the whole spectral range that had the greatest influence on the predictive models. Six wavelengths (940, 997, 1144, 1214, 1342, and 1443 nm) were then chosen as important wavelengths to build a new PLS prediction model. The new model led to a coefficient of determination (R_CV²) of 0.87 and standard error estimated by cross validation (SECV) of 0.28%. Image processing algorithm was then developed to transfer the predicting model to each pixel in the image for visualizing drip loss in all portions of the sample. The results showed that hyperspectral imaging has the potential to predict drip loss non-destructively in a reasonable accuracy and the results could be visualised for identification and classification of beef muscles in a simple way. In addition to realize the difference in WHC within one sample, it was possible to accentuate the difference in samples having different drip loss values.     

Simultaneous determination of tenderness and Escherichia coli contamination of pork using hyperspectral scattering technique

A rapid nondestructive method based on hyperspectral scattering technique for simultaneous determination of pork tenderness and Escherichia coli (E. coli) contamination was studied in the research. The hyperspectral scattering images of thirty-one pork samples were collected in 400-1100 nm, and the scattering profiles were then fitted by Lorentzian distribution function to give three parameters a (asymptotic value), b (peak value) and c (full width at b/2). The combined parameters of (b-a), (b-a) × c, (b-a)/c and “a&b&c” were used to develop multi-linear regression (MLR) models for prediction of pork tenderness and E. coli contamination. It was shown that MLR models developed using parameters a, b, (b-a) and (b-a)/c can give high correlation coefficients of 0.831, 0.860, 0.856 and 0.930 respectively for pork tenderness prediction. For E. coli contamination of pork, MLR models based on parameters a and “a&b&c” can give high R_CV of 0.877 and 0.841 respectively.     

Classification of in-shell peanut kernels nondestructively using VIS/NIR reflectance spectroscopy

One of the grading factors for peanuts is their classification into peanuts with good or bad kernels. Traditional manual methods are labor intensive and subjective. A device by which the classification could be done rapidly and without the need to shell the peanuts would be very useful for the peanut industry. In this work VIS/NIR spectroscopy was used for this purpose. Reflectance spectra were collected for peanut pods (in-shell peanuts) in the wavelength range of 400–2500 nm. A calibration group of about 200 pods were initially scanned to train the classification algorithm. Each individual pod was shelled and the kernels were visually examined and classified as bad if they had any kind of damage, discoloration or immaturity. The remaining pods were marked as good ones. The Principal component analysis model generated from primary spectra with or without pretreatments gave explained variance better than 99%. The maximum normalization model with the ability of characterizing good and bad kernels with an accuracy of 80% and with low SEP and RMSEP values of 0.43, would be useful in the quality characterization of in-shell peanuts.     

Partial least squares analysis of near-infrared hyperspectral images for beef tenderness prediction

Tenderness is a primary determinant of consumer satisfaction of beef steaks. The objective of this study was to implement and test near-infrared (NIR) hyperspectral imaging to forecast 14-day aged, cooked beef tenderness from the hyperspectral images of fresh ribeye steaks (n = 319) acquired at 3–5 day post-mortem. A pushbroom hyperspectral imaging system (wavelength range: 900–1700 nm) with a diffuse-flood lighting system was developed. After imaging, steaks were vacuum-packaged and aged until 14 days postmortem. After aging, the samples were cooked and slice shear force (SSF) values were collected as a tenderness reference. After reflectance calibration, a Region-of-Interest (ROI) of 150 × 300 pixels at the center of longissimus muscle was selected. Partial least squares regression (PLSR) was carried out on each ROI image to reduce the dimension along the spectral axis. Gray-level textural co-occurrence matrix analysis with two quantization levels (64 and 256) was conducted on the PLSR bands to extract second-order statistical textural features. These features were then used in a canonical discriminant model to predict three beef tenderness categories, namely tender (SSF ≤ 205.80 N), intermediate (205.80 N < SSF < 254.80 N), and tough (SSF ≥ 254.80 N). The model with a quantization level of 256 performed better than the one with a quantization level of 64. This model correctly classified 242 out of 314 samples with an overall accuracy of 77.0%. Fat, protein, and water absorption bands were identified between 900 and 1700 nm. Our results show that NIR hyperspectral imaging holds promise as an instrument for forecasting beef tenderness.