Application of non-destructive x-ray computed tomography technique for assessing pomegranate fruit juice content

In the present work, the amount of juice content of two Iranian local pomegranate fruits ('Rabab Malas' and 'Rabab Torsh') in two different sizes was studied using the non-destructive x-ray computed tomography (TC) technique. Whole fruits were scanned by the x-ray CT technique and then used for non-destructive tests. The Matlab software was used for segmentation of the internal structure of the CT-scanned fruit images to the three parts of peel, aril and seed. Linear regression equations were applied in order to estimate the whole fruit volume and its internal components. Results indicated that the fruit cultivar has a significant effect on the amount of fruit volume and its components, especially the amount of juice content (p