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Hyperspectral imaging (HSI), a non-destructive method combining image and spectral techniques to obtain image and spectral information of target objects, and qualitative and quantitative analyses using spectral data, has been widely used in agricultural product detection. This study was conducted to assess the feasibility of using HSI (900–1700 nm) for rapid determination of myoglobin contents (DeoMb, OxyMb and MetMb) in nitrite-cured mutton during refrigerated storage. The data were analyzed using evolutionary computing methods, including partial least squares regression (PLSR) and least squares support vector machines (LSSVM). Corresponding feature wavelengths were then selected by using competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS), variable combination population analysis (VCPA) and interval variable iterative space shrinkage approach (iVISSA) respectively. The simplified iVISSA-PLSR model showed the best performance for determining DeoMb with R p of 0.9017 and RMSEP of 2.3509. In addition, the best model for OxyMb was CARS-PLSR, with R p of 0.9661 and RMSEP of 2.3762. Moreover, the CARS-LSSVM model showed a better performance with a higher R p (0.8931) and a lower RMSEP (3.2743) for MetMb. Furthermore, the overall performance of wavelength selection methods in terms of CARS (R pDeoMb ≥ 0.8943, R pOxyMb ≥ 0.9607, R pMetMb ≥ 0.8910) and iVISSA (R pDeoMb ≥ 0.8976, R pOxyMb ≥ 0.9568, R pMetMb ≥ 0.8880) were equivalent and slightly better than VCPA (R pDeoMb ≥ 0.8711, R pOxyMb ≥ 0.9573, R pMetMb ≥ 0.8808). The results demonstrated that effective wavelength selection method can improve the performance of HSI system for the determination of myoglobin contents in comparison to full wavelength. • Feature wavelengths were selected by CARS, VCPA, iVISSA and iVISSA-CARS. • PLSR and LSSVM models were developed to measure myoglobin contents (DeoMb, OxyMb and MetMb) of nitrite-cured mutton. • The correlation coefficient of simpled model is acceptable for measuring myoglobin contents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to develop simplified models for rapid and nondestructive monitoring myoglobin contents (DeoMb, MbO 2 and MetMb) during refrigerated storage of Tan sheep based on a hyperspectral imaging (HSI) system in the spectral range of 400–1000 nm. Partial least squares regression (PLSR) and least-squares support vector machines (LSSVM) were applied to correlate the spectral data with the reference values of myoglobin contents measured by a traditional method. In order to simplify the LSSVM models, competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS) and Interval variable iterative space shrinkage approach (iVISSA) were used to select key wavelengths. The new CARS-LSSVM models of DeoMb and MbO 2 yielded good results, with R2p of 0.810 and 0.914, RMSEP of 1.127 and 2.598, respectively. The best model of MetMb was new iVISSA-CARS-LSSVM, with an R2p of 0.915 and RMSEP of 2.777. The overall results from this study indicated that it was feasible to predict myoglobin contents in Tan sheep using HSI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]