A segmentation-based method to retrieve stem volume estimates from 3-D tree height models produced by laser scanners

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 969-975

  Hyyppä, Juha ^a   Kelle, Olavi ^b   Lehikoinen, Mikko ^b   Inkinen, Mikko ^c  

^a FINNISH GEODETIC INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest inventory; Laser; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FOREST INVENTORY; IMAGE VISION METHODS; LASER SCANNING;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0035332402     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.921414     Document Type: Article

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