title: Analysis of Light Transport Features in Stone Fruits Using Monte Carlo Simulation.
abstract: The propagation of light in stone fruit tissue was modeled using the Monte Carlo (MC) method. Peaches were used as the representative model of stone fruits. The effects of the fruit core and the skin on light transport features in the peaches were assessed. It is suggested that the skin, flesh and core should be separately considered with different parameters to accurately simulate light propagation in intact stone fruit. The detection efficiency was evaluated by the percentage of effective photons and the detection sensitivity of the flesh tissue. The fruit skin decreases the detection efficiency, especially in the region close to the incident point. The choices of the source-detector distance, detection angle and source intensity were discussed. Accurate MC simulations may result in better insight into light propagation in stone fruit and aid in achieving the optimal fruit quality inspection without extensive experimental measurements.
authors.affiliation: College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Institute of Applied Physics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Chizhu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
authors.forename: Shuning
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Institute of Applied Physics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Jianjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Institute of Applied Physics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Institute of Applied Physics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Zuojun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D063427:Food Quality; D005638:Fruit; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D018462:Photobiology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017785:Photons; D000068239:Prunus persica / Q000033:anatomy & histology*