@ARTICLE\{IMM2012-06402, author = "F. M{\o}ller", title = "Barcode Technique to Visualize and Quantify Chocolate Milk Stability", year = "2012", month = "mar", keywords = "Chocolate milk, image, time series analysis, stability", pages = "7", journal = "Journal of Imaging Science and Technology", volume = "56", editor = "", number = "2", publisher = "Society for Imaging Science and Technology", url = "http://www.imaging.org/IST/store/epub.cfm?abstrid=45214", abstract = "Chocolate milk instability was monitored by time series of images. It is demonstrated how a time series of images can be sum- marized into a single image, named a stability barcode. The stability barcode is generated by collapsing time series frames to pixel col- umns and arranging the pixel columns to form the stability barcode. It is demonstrated how image filtering can be used in generation of dif- ferent and more specific stability barcodes. Chocolate milk defects such as layers could be seen in barcodes generated using a median filter, curdling could be seen in barcodes generated using a standard deviation filter and marbling could be seen in barcodes made using an {H-}dome filter. Graphs for comparing the destabilization kinetics were deduced from the stability barcodes. The stability barcodes gave a vis- ual summary of chocolate milk instability—the kinetic graphs a precise comparison of specific types of instability.", isbn_issn = "1602-3701" }