Segmentation of individual tree crowns in colour aerial photographs using region growing supported by fuzzy rules

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1557-1563

  Erikson, Mats ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE MATERIALS;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; METHODOLOGY; SEGMENTATION; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0141451619     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-062     Document Type: Article

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