chapter 1 Fundamentals and Theory of Infrared Radiation -- chapter 2 Infrared Radiative Properties of Food Materials -- chapter 3 Heat and Mass Transfer Modeling of Infrared Radiation for Heating -- chapter 4 Emitters and Infrared Heating System Design -- chapter 5 Infrared Drying -- chapter 6 Combined Infrared and Hot Air Drying -- chapter 7 Combined Infrared Radiation and Freeze-Drying -- chapter 8 Vacuum Infrared Drying -- chapter 9 Infrared Dry Blanching -- chapter 10 Infrared Baking and Roasting -- chapter 11 Infrared Radiation Heating for Food Safety Improvement -- chapter 12 Industrial Applications of Infrared Radiation Heating and Economic Benefits in Food and Agricultural Processing.