Aflatoxin B1(AFB1)is a toxic fungal metabolite that contaminates almonds from cultivation to harvesting.It leads to chronic health problems and significant economic loss to the producers.Therefore,a fast and non-invas...Aflatoxin B1(AFB1)is a toxic fungal metabolite that contaminates almonds from cultivation to harvesting.It leads to chronic health problems and significant economic loss to the producers.Therefore,a fast and non-invasive detection technique is crucial for safeguarding food safety by swiftly identifying and eliminating contaminated almonds from the supply chain.Hyperspectral imaging has been explored as a potential non-destructive technology for detecting AFB1.However,the diverse geometries of almonds present a significant challenge on acquired images,thereby impacting the accuracy of the developed prediction and classification models.This study investigates the effectiveness of short-wave infrared(SwIR)hyperspectral imaging combined with deep learning for detecting AFB1 in almonds of varying geometries.Initially,partial least squares regression(PLSR)and support vector machine(SvM)regression models were evaluated for quantification,while SVM and quadratic discriminant analysis(QDA)classifiers were applied for classification.The results indicated that spectral responses varied with almond thickness,making quantification models unreliable for industrial applications.The Competitive Adaptive Reweighted Sampling(CARS)algorithm was employed to identify key spectral features for developing multi-spectral AFB1 classification models to evaluate the feasibility of high-speed,accurate in-line detection.The deep learning approach significantly outperformed traditional machine learning models,with the pre-trained Inception V3 network achieving a cross-validation accuracy of 84.82%,an F1-score of 0.8522,and an area under curve of 0.893.These findings highlight the superiority of deep learning-based hyperspectral imaging for accurate and reliable AFB1 detection in almonds with diverse shapes and thicknesses.展开更多
基金the Research Training Program International(RTPi)scholarship from Commonwealth Australiathe top-up scholarship provided by SureNut Ltd.SureNut Ltd.for supplying all the almonds used in this study.
文摘Aflatoxin B1(AFB1)is a toxic fungal metabolite that contaminates almonds from cultivation to harvesting.It leads to chronic health problems and significant economic loss to the producers.Therefore,a fast and non-invasive detection technique is crucial for safeguarding food safety by swiftly identifying and eliminating contaminated almonds from the supply chain.Hyperspectral imaging has been explored as a potential non-destructive technology for detecting AFB1.However,the diverse geometries of almonds present a significant challenge on acquired images,thereby impacting the accuracy of the developed prediction and classification models.This study investigates the effectiveness of short-wave infrared(SwIR)hyperspectral imaging combined with deep learning for detecting AFB1 in almonds of varying geometries.Initially,partial least squares regression(PLSR)and support vector machine(SvM)regression models were evaluated for quantification,while SVM and quadratic discriminant analysis(QDA)classifiers were applied for classification.The results indicated that spectral responses varied with almond thickness,making quantification models unreliable for industrial applications.The Competitive Adaptive Reweighted Sampling(CARS)algorithm was employed to identify key spectral features for developing multi-spectral AFB1 classification models to evaluate the feasibility of high-speed,accurate in-line detection.The deep learning approach significantly outperformed traditional machine learning models,with the pre-trained Inception V3 network achieving a cross-validation accuracy of 84.82%,an F1-score of 0.8522,and an area under curve of 0.893.These findings highlight the superiority of deep learning-based hyperspectral imaging for accurate and reliable AFB1 detection in almonds with diverse shapes and thicknesses.
