Tree stem diameter estimation from mobile laser scanning using line-wise intensity-based clustering

Forests

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Forsman, Mona ^a   Holmgren, Johan ^a   Olofsson, Kenneth ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2D laser scanning; Circle fit; Clustering; Forest harvester; Mobile mapping; Precision forestry; Stem diameter

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARVESTERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MAPPING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; ROBOTICS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

2D LASERS; CIRCLE FIT; CLUSTERING; MOBILE MAPPING; STEM DIAMETER;

SCANNING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAMETER; FORESTRY; LASER METHOD; STEM; TREE;

EID: 84991017549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f7090206     Document Type: Article

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