Food product monitoring solution

An apparatus for inspecting a food product, the apparatus comprising:

• an X-ray imaging unit for generating image data representing the food product,
• a control unit arranged to:
• receive the image data representing the food product captured with an X-ray imaging unit,
• perform a texture analysis to the image data for generating a first set of detections,
• perform a pattern analysis to at least part of the image data, the pattern analysis performed with a machine-learning component trained to identify objects with predefined pattern, for generating a second set of detections,
• generate an indication of an outcome of an inspection of the food product in accordance with a combination of the generated first set of detections and the second set of detections.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the program code instructions being configured, when the computer program product is executed on a computer, to cause the computer to at least:

• receive the image data representing the food product captured with an X-ray imaging unit,
• perform a texture analysis to the image data for generating a first set of detections,
• perform a pattern analysis to at least part of the image data, the pattern analysis performed with a machine-learning component trained to identify objects with predefined pattern, for generating a second set of detections,
• generate an indication of an outcome of an inspection of the food product in accordance with a combination of the generated first set of detections and the second set of detections.