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Leemans Vincent

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Département GxABT

Biosystems Dynamics and Exchanges (BIODYNE)

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Main Referenced Co-authors
Destain, Marie-France  (55)
Dumont, Benjamin  (29)
Bodson, Bernard  (13)
Mercatoris, Benoît  (13)
Destain, Jean-Pierre  (11)
Main Referenced Keywords
machine vision (14); sorting (6); computer vision (5); Crop model (5); fruits (5);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (3)
TERRA Teaching and Research Centre - TERRA (3)
Université de Liège, GxABT (2)
Gembloux Agrobiotech - labo mécanique agricole (1)
GxABT - CRAw (1)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Agriculture & agronomy (56)
Computer science (20)
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others (19)
Electrical & electronics engineering (7)
Food science (7)

Publications (total 75)

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Leemans, V. (2008). Application de la Thermographie infrarouge au diagnostic. In Les méthodes et outils de diagnostic et de contrôle appliqués pour la maintenance et la maîtrise des risques. https://hdl.handle.net/2268/59658

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Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2004). A Real-Time Grading Method Of Apples Based On Features Extracted From Defects. Journal of Food Engineering, 61 (1), 83-89. doi:10.1016/S0260-8774(03)00189-4 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/24906

Michel, J., Thonar, C., Vanderschuren, H., Blum, A., Quenon, A., Xayphrarath, A., Leon, C., Cao, D., Vanderstraeten, D., Serre, F., Balanzategui, I., Le Gouis, J., Bin, J., Moya-Laraño, J., Weinmann, M., Waibel, M., Antoine, M., Persyn, M., Börger, R., ... Delaplace, P. (24 May 2023). Time travelling with Triticum: An Ecotron experiment to study the wheat of the future [Poster presentation]. TERRA Innovation Day.

Bouvry, A., Leemans, V., Lobet, G., Tocquin, P., & Lebeau, F. (2022). Digital Twin of a plant factory : simulation of RGB-D data with the CPlantBox FSPM [Poster presentation]. IPPS 2022 (WUR) - Plant Phenotyping for a Sustainable Future, Wageningen, Netherlands.

Roy, J., Rineau, F., Boeck, H. J. D., Nijs, I., Pütz, T., Abiven, S., Arnone, J. A., Barton, C. V. M., Beenaerts, N., Brüggemann, N., Dainese, M., Domisch, T., Eisenhauer, N., Garré, S., Gebler, A., Ghirardo, A., Jasoni, R. L., Kowalchuk, G., Landais, D., ... Milcu, A. (2021). Ecotrons: powerful and versatile ecosystem analysers for ecology, agronomy and environmental science. Global Change Biology, n/a (n/a). doi:10.1111/gcb.15471
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Dandrifosse, S., Bouvry, A., Leemans, V., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (2020). Imaging Wheat Canopy Through Stereo Vision: Overcoming the Challenges of the Laboratory to Field Transition for Morphological Features Extraction. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00096
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Dandrifosse, S., Carlier, A., Bustillo Vazquez, E., Bouvry, A., Leemans, V., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (31 January 2020). Added value of plant height and multi-temporal modelling to improve the estimation of wheat above-ground traits based on proxy-sensing RGB cameras [Paper presentation]. 25th National Symposium for Applied Biological Sciences (NSABS 2020).

Bebronne, R., Carlier, A., Meurs, R., Leemans, V., Vermeulen, P., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (2020). In-field proximal sensing of septoria tritici blotch, stripe rust and brown rust in winter wheat by means of reflectance and textural features from multispectral imagery. Biosystems Engineering, 197, 257-269. doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2020.06.011
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Dandrifosse, S., Bouvry, A., Leemans, V., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (10 July 2019). Cereal morphology through proximal stereovision [Paper presentation]. 12th European Conference on Precision Agriculture (ECPA2019).

Bebronne, R., Michez, A., Leemans, V., Dumont, B., Vermeulen, P., & Mercatoris, B. (2019). Characterisation of fungal diseases on winter wheat crop using proximal and remote multispectral imaging. In Precision agriculture ’19 (pp. 255-261). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-888-9_31
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Bouvry, A., Dandrifosse, S., Dumont, B., Leemans, V., & Mercatoris, B. (July 2019). Estimation of ear density in winter wheat crop by stereoscopic imaging for crop yield prediction [Poster presentation]. The 12th Europeane Conference on Precision Agriculture, Montpellier, France.

Dandrifosse, S., Bouvry, A., Leemans, V., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (2019). Characterisation of cereal morphology through proximal stereo vision under contrasting nitrogen inputs. In Precision Agriculture '19. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-888-9_33
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Garré, S., Longdoz, B., & Leemans, V. (11 October 2018). The ecotron as a surrogate for reality. Too good to be true? (invited talk) [Paper presentation]. TERENO International conference, Berlin, Germany.

Bouvry, A., Dandrifosse, S., Glésener, M., Dumont, B., Leemans, V., & Mercatoris, B. (20 March 2018). Characterization of cereal crop growth dynamics by stereoscopic vision [Poster presentation]. COSTFA1306 Meeting - "Plant phenotyping for future climate challenges", Leuven, Belgium.

Leemans, V., Glésener, M., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (22 November 2017). Evaluation of leaf area index of winter wheat canopy by means of ground-based stereoscopic vision [Poster presentation]. Plant Phenotyping Forum - integrating European plant phenotyping community, Tartu, Estonia.

Dumont, B., Leemans, V., Garré, S., Hamdi, R., De Cruz, L., Heinesch, B., Delaplace, P., & Longdoz, B. (23 May 2017). Using crop modelling to determine the meteorological conditions to be implemented in an Ecotron facility - Prerequisites to improve the experimental design? [Poster presentation]. MACSUR Science Conference 2017, Berlin, Germany.

Leemans, V., Marlier, G., Destain, M.-F., Dumont, B., & Mercatoris, B. (2017). Estimation of leaf nitrogen concentration on winter wheat by multispectral imaging. In Hyperspectral Imaging Sensors: Innovative Applications and Sensor Standards 2017. doi:10.1117/12.2268398
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Marlier, G., Gritten, F., Leemans, V., Dumont, B., Destain, M.-F., Bodson, B., Goffart, J.-P., & Mercatoris, B. (01 August 2016). Detection of nitrogen stress on winter wheat by multispectral machine vision [Paper presentation]. 13th International Conference On Precision Agriculture, St. Louis, United States.

Marlier, G., Gritten, F., Fraipont, G., Leemans, V., Dumont, B., Destain, M.-F., & Mercatoris, B. (27 June 2016). Quantification of nitrogen stress on winter wheat by multispectral vision based on reflectance measurements and textural descriptors [Paper presentation]. Exploiting novel sensors for detecting abiotic and biotic stress in crops, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

Marlier, G., Leemans, V., Destain, M.-F., & Mercatoris, B. (18 April 2016). Selection of wavelengths for the quantification of nitrogen concentration in winter wheat by multispectral vision [Poster presentation]. 2nd Annual Meeting of COST Action PhenomenAll, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Cantreul, V., Leemans, V., Burgeon, V., Triquet, J., Tuerlinckx, M., Vaelen, G., & Degré, A. (April 2016). Efficiency of thermography in the study of hydrological connectivity [Paper presentation]. European Geosciences Union 2016.

Cantreul, V., Burgeon, V., Triquet, J., Tuerlinckx, M., Vaelen, G., Leemans, V., & Degré, A. (March 2016). Efficiency of thermography in the study of hydrological connectivity [Poster presentation]. Young soil scientists 2016.

Dumont, B., Basso, B., Leemans, V., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (August 2015). Systematic analysis of site-specific yield distributions resulting from nitrogen management and climatic variability interactions. Precision Agriculture, 16 (4), 361-384. doi:10.1007/s11119-014-9380-7
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Dumont, B., Basso, B., Leemans, V., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (May 2015). A comparison of within-season yield prediction algorithms based on crop model behaviour analysis. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 204, 10-21. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.01.014
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Dumont, B., Leemans, V., Mansouri, M., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (February 2014). Parameter identification of the STICS crop model, using an accelerated formal MCMC approach. Environmental Modelling and Software, 52, 121-135. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.10.022
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Mansouri, M., Dumont, B., Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2014). Bayesian methods for predicting LAI and soil water content. Precision Agriculture, 15 (2), 184-201. doi:10.1007/s11119-013-9332-7
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Dumont, B., Leemans, V., Ferrandis, S., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2014). Assessing the potential of an algorithm based on mean climatic data to predict wheat yield. Precision Agriculture, 15(3), 255-272. doi:10.1007/s11119-014-9346-9
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Leemans, V., Dumont, B., & Destain, M.-F. (2013). ASSESSMENT OF PLANT LEAF AREA MEASUREMENT BY USING STEREO- VISION. In 2013 International Conference on 3D Imaging (IC3D) - Proceedings. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Signal Processing Society. doi:10.1109/IC3D.2013.6732085
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Leemans, V., Dumont, B., & Destain, M.-F. (03 September 2013). Leaf area and leaf orientation measurement by using stereo-vision [Paper presentation]. International Workshop on Image Analysis Methods for the Plant Sciences, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Dumont, B., Basso, B., Leemans, V., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2013). Yield variability linked to climate uncertainty and nitrogen fertilisation. In J. V. Stafford (Ed.), Precision agriculture '13 (The Wageningen Academic Publishers, pp. 427-434). Springer.
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Dumont, B., Basso, B., Leemans, V., Destain, J.-P., Bodson, B., & Destain, M.-F. (2013). A Site-Specific Grain Yield Response Surface : Computing the Identity Card of a Crop Under Different Nitrogen Management Scenarios. In R. Berruto (Other coll.), The acts of the EFITA2013 congress (pp. 806-813).
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Dumont, B., Basso, B., Leemans, V., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2013). Yield variability linked to climate uncertainty and nitrogen fertilisation. In J. V. Stafford (Ed.), Precision agriculture '13 (pp. 427-434). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-778-3_52
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Morelle, K., Bouché, P., Lehaire, F., Leemans, V., & Lejeune, P. (November 2012). Game species monitoring using road–based distance sampling in association with thermal imagers: a covariate analysis. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 35 (2), 253-265.
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Dumont, B., Ferrandis Vallterra, S., Leemans, V., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (16 October 2012). Vers un système de prédiction du rendement en temps réel [Poster presentation]. IXeme Seminaire STICS, Orléans, Sainte Montaine, France.

Dumont, B., Leemans, V., Ferrandis Vallterra, S., Vancutsem, F., Seutin, B., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2012). Assessing the potential of an algorithm based on mean climatic data to predict wheat yield. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Precision Agriculture.
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Leemans, V., Dumont, B., Destain, M.-F., Vancutsem, F., & Bodson, B. (2012). A method for plant leaf area measurement by using stereo vision. In Proceedings of CIGR-AgEng 2012 International Conference on Agricultural Engineering.
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Leemans, V., Dumont, B., Destain, M.-F., Aubinet, M., Oger, R., & Delaplace, P. (01 June 2012). Comparison of the effect of the thermal radiation from the sky or from Ecotron walls on the crop temperature [Paper presentation]. Ecotrons and lysimeters conference 2012, Munich, Germany.

Dumont, B., Leemans, V., Ferrandis Vallterra, S., Vancutsem, F., Seutin, B., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (2012). A first step towards a real-time predictive yield support system. In Agriculture & Engineering for a Healthier Life.
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Unay, D., Gosselin, B., Kleynen, O., Leemans, V., Destain, M.-F., & Debeir, O. (2011). Automatic grading of Bi-colored apples by multispectral machine vision. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2010.11.006
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Leemans, V., Destain, M.-F., Kilundu, B., & Dehombreux, P. (2011). Evaluation of the performance of infrared thermography for on-line condition monitoring of rotating machines. Engineering, (3), 1030-1039. doi:10.4236/eng.2011.310128
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Dumont, B., Leemans, V., Lebeau, F., Vancutsem, F., Moureaux, C., Bodson, B., Destain, J.-P., & Destain, M.-F. (07 September 2010). REAL-TIME MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS TO MODEL WHEAT YIELD PRODUCTION [Poster presentation]. AgEng 2010 - Agricultural Engineering, Clermont Ferrand, France.

Ooms, D., Palm, R., Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (July 2010). A sorting optimization curve with quality and yield requirements. Pattern Recognition Letters, 31 (9), 983-990. doi:10.1016/j.patrec.2009.12.015
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Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (07 December 2009). Surveillance en ligne d'une machine tournante par thermographie infrarouge [Paper presentation]. PENTOM’09 - PErformances et Nouvelles TechnolOgies en Maintenance, Autrans (Grenoble), France.

Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2009). Ultrasonic internal defect detection in cheese. Journal of Food Engineering, 90 (3), 333-340. doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2008.06.042
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Piron, A., Leemans, V., Lebeau, F., & Destain, M.-F. (2009). Improving in-row weed detection in multispectral stereoscopic images. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 69, 73-79. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2009.07.001
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Leemans, V. (2008). Application de la Thermographie infrarouge au diagnostic. In Les méthodes et outils de diagnostic et de contrôle appliqués pour la maintenance et la maîtrise des risques.

Piron, A., Leemans, V., Kleynen, O., & Destain, M.-F. (2008). Determination of plant height for weed detection in stereoscopic images. In AGENG 2008 Conference - Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering for a Sustainable World.
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Destain, M.-F., Sirjacobs, D., Hanquet, B., Leemans, V., & Verbrugge, J.-C. (2008). On-the-go georeferenced measurements of soil mechanical strength and differenciation of soil structure. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2008-A-07400.
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Leemans, V., & Kleynen, O. (2008). Quality evaluation of Apples. In D.-W. Sun, Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality Evaluation (pp. 213-241). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier, Academic Press. doi:10.1016/B978-012373642-0.50012-0

Piron, A., Leemans, V., Kleynen, O., Lebeau, F., & Destain, M.-F. (2008). Selection of the most efficient wavelength bands for discriminating weeds from crop. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 62 (2), 141-148. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2007.12.007
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Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2007). A Computer-Vision Based Precision Seed Drill Guidance Assistance. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 59 (1-2), 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2007.04.003
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Yé, S., Lebeau, F., Wathelet, J.-P., Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2007). Étude des paramètres opératoires de pressage mécanique des amandes de Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn C.F. (karité). Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 11 (4), 267-273.
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Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2006). Agricultural tools guidance assistance by using machine vision. In Proceedings of the NCTAM 2006 7th National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
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Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2006). Application Of The Hough Transform For Seed Row Localisation Using Machine Vision. Biosystems Engineering, 94 (3), 325-336. doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2006.03.014
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Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2006). Line Cluster Detection Using A Variant Of The Hough Transform For Culture Row Localisation. Image and Vision Computing, 24 (5), 541-550. doi:10.1016/j.imavis.2006.02.004
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Kleynen, O., Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2005). Development of a multi-spectral vision system for the detection of defects on apples. Journal of Food Engineering, 69 (1), 41-49. doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2004.07.008
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Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2004). A guidance assistance method for precision sugar beet sowing using machine vision. In Pr. Josse De Baerdemaeker (Ed.), AgEng 2004 Conference - Engineering the future - Book of abstracts (pp. 360-361). Leuven, Belgium: Technologish Instituut vzw.
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Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2004). A Real-Time Grading Method Of Apples Based On Features Extracted From Defects. Journal of Food Engineering, 61 (1), 83-89. doi:10.1016/S0260-8774(03)00189-4
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Kleynen, O., Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2003). External quality grading of Jonagold apples using a multi-spectral vision system. In M. J. Balsa-Canto E. & Onate E. (Eds.), II International Workshop - Information Technologies and Computing Techniques for the Agro-Food Sector (pp. 63-66). Barcelona, Spain: International Center for numerical methods in Engineering.
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Kleynen, O., Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (2003). Selection of the most efficient wavelength bands for 'Jonagold' apple sorting. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 30 (3), 221-232. doi:10.1016/S0925-5214(03)00112-1
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Leemans, V., Kleynen, O., & Destain, M.-F. (2002). Contrôle des produits agroalimentaires par analyse d'images. In Nouveaux capteurs pour la maîtrise de la qualité des produits agroalimentaires - Etat de la recherche européenne.

Rasse, C., Leemans, V., Destain, M.-F., & Verbrugge, J.-C. (2002). Application of image analysis to the identification and rating of road surface distress. In Correia & Branco (Eds.), Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields (pp. 61-68).
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Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (2002). On-line fruit grading according to their external quality using machine vision. Biosystems Engineering, 83 (4), 397-404. doi:10.1006/bioe.2002.0131
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Petit, C., Leemans, V., Kleynen, O., & Destain, M.-F. (2001). Evaluation of tactile sensors in apple firmness measurement. In Proceedings of the Conference 'Physical Methods in Agriculture, Appoach to precision and quality'.
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Leemans, V., Destain, M.-F., & Magein, H. (2001). Développement de méthodes pour apprécier 'en ligne' la qualité externe de pommes par vision artificielle. Bruxelles, Belgium: Ministère des Classes moyennes et de l'Agriculture - DG6 -Service Recherche subventionnée.

Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (2000). On-line fruit grading according to external quality using machine vision. In AgEng Warwick 2000 - Abstract part 1 - Agricultural engineering into the third millennium (pp. 28-29).
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Leemans, V. (2000). Contribution au classement des fruits par analyse d'images numériques. Application au tri en ligne des pommes Golden delicious et Jonagold [Doctoral thesis, ULiège. GxABT - Liège Université. Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/70976

Leemans, V., Destain, M.-F., & Magein, H. (2000). Quality fruit grading by colour machine vision: defect recognition. Acta Horticulturae, (517), 405-412. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.517.51
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Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (1999). Defect segmentation on 'Jonagold' apples using colour vision and a Bayesian classification method. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 23 (1), 43-53. doi:10.1016/S0168-1699(99)00006-X
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Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (1998). La vision artificielle et la qualité externe des produits agricoles et agro-alimentaires. In Application de systèmes optoélectroniques pour le contrôle en ligne des produits agroalimentaires (pp. 32-40).

Leemans, V., Bieuvelet, F., & Destain, M.-F. (1998). Application of neural networks in quality control of 'Jonagold' apples. In V. Bellon-Maurel (Ed.), Sensoral 98 - International workshop on sensing quality of agricultural products (pp. 211-219).
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Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (1998). Contrôle de la qualité des pommes par vision artificielle. Fruit Belge, 66 (471), 30-34.
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Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (1998). Defects segmentation on 'Golden Delicious' apples by using colour machine vision. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 20 (2), 117-130. doi:10.1016/S0168-1699(98)00012-X
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Leemans, V., & Destain, M.-F. (15 May 1997). L'automatisation dans l'agriculture et dans l'industrie agro-alimentaire. Un exemple : le tri des fruits en fonction de leurs caractéristiques externes [Paper presentation]. Automatisation et société - Journée IBRA - SRBII, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (1997). Apple Shape Inspection with Computer Vision. In Sensors for Nondestructive Testing - Measuring the Quality of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables.
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Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (1997). The quality of 'Golden delicious' apples by colour computer vision. In A. Munack & H.-J. Tantau (Eds.), Mathematical and control application in agriculture and horticulture. Hannover, Germany: Pergamon - Elsevier.
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Leemans, V., Magein, H., & Destain, M.-F. (1997). Vision artificielle et quantification de la forme de pommes. Cahiers Agricultures, 6, 597-603.
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