ch. 1. Basics of electronic, nondestructive technologies for the assessment of physical characteristics of foods / Abelardo Gutierrez, Jose Blasco, and Enrique Molto -- ch. 2. Rheological properties of foods / Ana Cristina Agulheiro Santos and Cristina Roseiro -- ch. 3. Textural properties of foods / J. Ignacio Arana -- ch. 4. Optical properties of foods / Begona Hernandez Saluena and Carlos Saenz Gamasa -- ch. 5. Electrical properties of foods / Satyanarayan R.S. Dev and G.S. Vijaya Raghavan -- ch. 6. Thermodynamic properties of agricultural products processes / Paulo Cesar Correa, Gabriel Henrique Horta de Oliveira, and Emilio de Souza Santos -- ch. 7. Flow properties of foods / Paulo Cesar Correa, Emilio de Souza Santos, and Pedro Casanova Treto -- ch. 8. The acoustic properties applied to the determination of internal quality parameters in fruits and vegetables / Belen Diezma and Margarita Ruiz-Altisent -- ch. 9. Medical diagnostic theory applied to food technology / Alejandro Arana and J. Ignacio Arana -- ch. 10. Mechanical damage of foods / Silvia Arazuri -- ch. 11. Measurement of physical properties of fruits using image analysis / Jose Blasco. [et al.] -- ch. 12. Novel measurement techniques of physical properties of vegetables / J. Ignacio Arana -- ch. 13. Physical properties of cereal products : measurement techniques and applications / Inigo Arozarena. [et al.] -- ch. 14. Physical properties of meat and meat products : measurement techniques and applications / Kizkitza Insausti, Maria Jose Beriain, and Maria Victoria Sarries -- ch. 15. Physical properties of dairy products / Lourdes Sanchez and Maria Dolores Perez.