Method of analysing ground coffee

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PATENT NO 9816949
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14972935

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Method for analyzing the structure of a sample of ground coffee, and in particular for determining the grain size curve, by means of computed X-ray tomography, the method comprising: acquiring a plurality of two-dimensional radiographic images while the sample is in rotation, processing the plurality of two-dimensional radiographic images performing a tomographic reconstruction to generate a reconstructed image of volume, processing the reconstructed volume image to identify a plurality of coffee particles of the sample of ground coffee separated from one another and determining at least one dimensional magnitude for each particle of ground coffee of the plurality.

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GRUPPO CIMBALI S P A20082 BINASCO (MI)

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Galimberti, Alberto Binasco, IT 5 10
Paleari, Stefano Bergamo, IT 3 10
Quaratesi, Guido Binasco, IT 14 50
Santini, Maurizio Bergamo, IT 4 13

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