Ultrasonic tomography on standing trees;Tomographie ultrasonore pour les arbres sur pied

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-162

  Martinis, Roberto ^a   Socco, Laura Valentina ^b   Sambuelli, Luigi ^b   Nicolotti, Giovanni ^a   Schmitt, Olivier ^c   Bucur, Voichita ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c Dir Parcs Jardins la Ville de Nancy ^*  (France)

^d Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois   (France)

Author keywords

Non invasive wood testing; Tree stability assessment; Ultrasonic tomography; Wood decay

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

FAGUS;

EID: 2542487519     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2004007     Document Type: Article

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