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An innovative and automated method for characterizing wood defects on trunk surfaces using high-density 3D terrestrial LiDAR data / Van-Tho Nguyen in Annals of Forest Science [en ligne], vol 78 n° 2 (June 2021)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of Forest Science [en ligne] > vol 78 n° 2 (June 2021) . - Article 32 Titre : An innovative and automated method for characterizing wood defects on trunk surfaces using high-density 3D terrestrial LiDAR data Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Van-Tho Nguyen, Auteur ; Thiéry Constant, Auteur ; Francis Colin, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : Article 32 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Lasergrammétrie [Termes IGN] analyse comparative [Termes IGN] apprentissage automatique [Termes IGN] détection d'anomalie [Termes IGN] données de terrain [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] écorce [Termes IGN] Fagus sylvatica [Termes IGN] qualité du bois [Termes IGN] Quercus sessiliflora [Termes IGN] segmentation d'image [Termes IGN] télémétrie laser terrestre [Termes IGN] tronc Résumé : (Auteur) We designed a novel method allowing to automatically detect and measure defects on the surface of trunks including branches, branch scars, and epicormics from terrestrial LiDAR data by using only high-density 3D information. We could automatically detect and measure the defects with a diameter as small as 0.5 cm on either oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) or beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees that display either rough or smooth bark. Context : Ground-based light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology describes standing trees with a high level of detail. This provides an opportunity to assess standing tree quality and to use this information in forest inventory. Assuming the availability of a very high level of detail, we could extract information about the surface defects, mainly inherited from past ramification and having a strong impact on wood quality. Aims : Within the general framework of the development of a computing method able to detect, identify, and quantify the defects on the trunk surface described from 3D data produced by a terrestrial LiDAR, this study focuses on the relevance of the whole process for two tree species with contrasted bark roughness (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. and Fagus sylvatica L.) in terms of detection, identification of the defects, and comparison with measurements performed manually on the bark surface. Methods : First, a segmentation algorithm detected singularities on the trunk surface. Next, a Random Forests machine learning algorithm identified the most probable defect type and allowed the elimination of false detections. Finally, we estimated the position, horizontal, and vertical dimensions of each defect from 3D data, and we compared them to those observed directly on the trunk by an operator. Results : The defects were detected and classified with a high accuracy with an average F1 score (harmonic mean of precision and recall) of 0.74. There were differences in computed and observed defect areas, but a much closer agreement for the number of defects. Conclusion : The information about the defects present on the trunk surface measured from terrestrial LiDAR data can be used in an automated procedure for grading standing trees or roundwoods. Numéro de notice : A2021-326 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s13595-020-01022-3 date de publication en ligne : 01/04/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-020-01022-3 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97484 [article]

Forest height estimation from a robust TomoSAR method in the case of small tomographic aperture with airborne dataset at L-band / Xing Peng in Remote sensing, vol 13 n° 11 (June-1 2021)  

Public [article]  inRemote sensing > vol 13 n° 11 (June-1 2021) . - n° 2147 Titre : Forest height estimation from a robust TomoSAR method in the case of small tomographic aperture with airborne dataset at L-band Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Xing Peng, Auteur ; Xinwu Li, Auteur ; Yanan Du, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 2147 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de télédétection [Termes IGN] bande L [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] données TomoSAR [Termes IGN] forêt boréale [Termes IGN] hauteur des arbres [Termes IGN] image 3D [Termes IGN] image radar moirée [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier (techniques et méthodes) [Termes IGN] itération [Termes IGN] matrice de covariance [Termes IGN] modèle numérique de surface de la canopée [Termes IGN] semis de points [Termes IGN] Suède [Termes IGN] tomographie radar Résumé : (auteur) Forest height is an essential input parameter for forest biomass estimation, ecological modeling, and the carbon cycle. Tomographic synthetic aperture radar (TomoSAR), as a three-dimensional imaging technique, has already been successfully used in forest areas to retrieve the forest height. The nonparametric iterative adaptive approach (IAA) has been recently introduced in TomoSAR, achieving a good compromise between high resolution and computing efficiency. However, the performance of the IAA algorithm is significantly degraded in the case of a small tomographic aperture. To overcome this shortcoming, this paper proposes the robust IAA (RIAA) algorithm for SAR tomography. The proposed approach follows the framework of the IAA algorithm, but also considers the noise term in the covariance matrix estimation. By doing so, the condition number of the covariance matrix can be prevented from being too large, improving the robustness of the forest height estimation with the IAA algorithm. A set of simulated experiments was carried out, and the results validated the superiority of the RIAA estimator in the case of a small tomographic aperture. Moreover, a number of fully polarimetric L-band airborne tomographic SAR images acquired from the ESA BioSAR 2008 campaign over the Krycklan Catchment, Northern Sweden, were collected for test purposes. The results showed that the RIAA algorithm performed better in reconstructing the vertical structure of the forest than the IAA algorithm in areas with a small tomographic aperture. Finally, the forest height was estimated by both the RIAA and IAA TomoSAR methods, and the estimation accuracy of the RIAA algorithm was 2.01 m, which is more accurate than the IAA algorithm with 3.25 m. Numéro de notice : A2021-441 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.3390/rs13112147 date de publication en ligne : 29/05/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13112147 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97828 [article]

Individual tree identification using a new cluster-based approach with discrete-return airborne LiDAR data / Haijian Liu in Remote sensing of environment, vol 258 (June 2021)  

Public [article]  inRemote sensing of environment > vol 258 (June 2021) . - n° 112382 Titre : Individual tree identification using a new cluster-based approach with discrete-return airborne LiDAR data Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Haijian Liu, Auteur ; Pinliang Dong, Auteur ; Changshan Wu, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 112382 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Lasergrammétrie [Termes IGN] analyse de groupement [Termes IGN] arbre (flore) [Termes IGN] détection d'arbres [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] houppier [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier (techniques et méthodes) [Termes IGN] modèle numérique de surface de la canopée [Termes IGN] peuplement mélangé [Termes IGN] semis de points [Termes IGN] surveillance forestière [Termes IGN] Wisconsin (Etats-Unis) Résumé : (auteur) Individual tree identification is a key step for forest surveying and monitoring. To identify individual trees with airborne LiDAR data, a local maximum (LM) filter technique is typically performed. With LM, the highest point in a filtering window is generally considered to represent the tree position. This assumption, however, has great limitations, especially for mixed forests. To address this problem, we developed a new approach, the cluster center of higher points (CCHP), for tree position detection with LiDAR data. CCHP assumes that a tree position is located at the clustering center of higher points within a spatial neighborhood, and the center can be detected by a location-based recursive algorithm. The developed CCHP method was applied to a simulated forest and then verified in two real urban forests. In comparison with the variable window-sized LM filter method and layer stacking method, CCHP successfully identified 97% of trees in the simulated forest, while only 78% and 81% of the trees were recognized by LM and layer stacking methods respectively. The average absolute and relative offsets of CCHP are 0.33 m and 6.59%, respectively, and over 80% of the detected trees have an offset of less than 10% of the tree crown radius. CCHP also correctly detected 93.80% and 88.74% of individual trees in the first and second real forests, respectively, but the detection rates from the variable window-sized LM approach and layer stacking were less than 80%. In addition, the tree positions located by CCHP are considerably more accurate than the other two methods. Therefore, CCHP is proven to be promising for detecting individual tree positions from airborne LiDAR data for both simulated and real forests. Numéro de notice : A2021-443 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112382 date de publication en ligne : 06/03/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112382 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97850 [article]

Model-based estimation of forest canopy height and biomass in the Canadian boreal forest using radar, LiDAR, and optical remote sensing / Michael L. Benson in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 59 n° 6 (June 2021)  

Public [article]  inIEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing > vol 59 n° 6 (June 2021) . - pp 4635 - 4653 Titre : Model-based estimation of forest canopy height and biomass in the Canadian boreal forest using radar, LiDAR, and optical remote sensing Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Michael L. Benson, Auteur ; Pierce Leland, Auteur ; Katleen Bergen, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : pp 4635 - 4653 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications photogrammétriques [Termes IGN] biomasse aérienne [Termes IGN] Canada [Termes IGN] canopée [Termes IGN] couvert forestier [Termes IGN] données de terrain [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] forêt boréale [Termes IGN] hauteur des arbres [Termes IGN] image Landsat-TM [Termes IGN] image radar moirée [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier (techniques et méthodes) [Termes IGN] lasergrammétrie [Termes IGN] Leaf Area Index [Termes IGN] modèle numérique de surface [Termes IGN] Normalized Difference Vegetation Index [Termes IGN] polarimétrie radar [Termes IGN] structure d'un peuplement forestier Résumé : (auteur) One of the fundamental technical challenges of any new spaceborne vegetation remote sensing mission is the determination of what sensor(s) to place onboard and what, if any, overlapping modes of operation they will employ as each onboard sensor adds significant cost to the overall mission. In this article, the remote sensing of forest parameters using multimodal remote sensing is presented. In particular, polarimetric radar, Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR), and near-IR passive optical sensing platforms are employed in conjunction with physics-based models. These models are used to accurately estimate forest aboveground biomass as well as canopy height in homogeneous areas. It is shown that this proposed method is capable of achieving high accuracy estimates while using minimal ancillary data in the estimation process. We present a method to combine measured data sets with our geometric and electromagnetic sensor models to develop a forest parameter estimation algorithm that fuses multimodal remote sensing technologies with a minimal amount of ground information and yields an accurate estimate of forest structure including dry biomass and canopy height with rms errors of 1.6 kg/m 2 and 1.68 m respectively. Numéro de notice : A2021-423 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2020.3018638 date de publication en ligne : 09/09/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2020.3018638 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97778 [article]

Robust detection of non-overlapping ellipses from points with applications to circular target extraction in images and cylinder detection in point clouds / Reza Maalek in ISPRS Journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, vol 176 (June 2021)  

Public [article]  inISPRS Journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing > vol 176 (June 2021) . - pp 83 - 108 Titre : Robust detection of non-overlapping ellipses from points with applications to circular target extraction in images and cylinder detection in point clouds Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Reza Maalek, Auteur ; Derek Litchi, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : pp 83 - 108 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Photogrammétrie numérique [Termes IGN] chevauchement [Termes IGN] cylindre [Termes IGN] détection de cible [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] ellipticité (géométrie) [Termes IGN] extraction de traits caractéristiques [Termes IGN] image 2D [Termes IGN] méthode de Monte-Carlo [Termes IGN] méthode robuste [Termes IGN] Ransac (algorithme) [Termes IGN] semis de points Résumé : (auteur) Detection of non-overlapping ellipses from 2-dimensional (2D) edge points is an essential step towards solving typical photogrammetry problems pertaining to feature detection, calibration, and registration of optical instruments. For instance, circular and spherical black and white calibration and registration targets are represented as ellipses in images. Furthermore, the intersection of a cut plane with cylindrical point clouds generates 2D points following elliptic patterns. To this end, this study proposes a collection of new methods for the automatic and robust detection of non-overlapping ellipses from 2D points. These methods will first be applied to detect circular and spherical targets in images and, second, to detect cylinders in 3D point clouds. The method utilizes the Euclidian ellipticity and a new systematic and generalizable threshold to decide if a set of connected points follow an elliptic pattern. When connected points include outliers, the newly proposed robust Monte Carlo-based ellipse fitting method will be deployed. This method includes three new developments: (i) selecting initial subsamples using a bucketing strategy based on the polar angle of the points; (ii) detecting inlier points by reducing the robust ellipse fitting to a robust circle fitting problem; and (iii) choosing the best inlier set amongst all subsamples using adaptive, systematic, and generalizable selection criteria. A new process is presented to extract cylinders from a point cloud by detecting non-overlapping ellipses from the points projected onto an intersecting cut plane. The proposed methods were compared to established state-of-the-art methods, using simulated and real-world datasets, through the design of four sets of original experiments. The experiments include (i) comparisons of robust ellipse fitting; (ii) sensitivity analysis of the ellipse validation criteria; (iii) comparison of non-overlapping ellipse detection; and (iv) detection of pipes from terrestrial laser scanner point clouds. It was found that the proposed robust ellipse detection was superior to four reliable robust methods, including the popular least median of squares, in both simulated and real-world datasets. The proposed process for detecting non-overlapping ellipses achieved F-measure of 99.3% on real images, compared to 42.4%, 65.6%, and 59.2%, obtained using the methods of Fornaciari, Patraucean, and Panagiotakis, respectively. The proposed cylinder extraction method identified all detectable mechanical pipes in two real-world point clouds collected in laboratory and industrial construction site conditions. The results of this investigation show promise for the application of the proposed methods for automatic extraction of circular targets from images and pipes from point clouds. Numéro de notice : A2021-413 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2021.04.010 date de publication en ligne : 28/04/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2021.04.010 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97744 [article]

Weak relationships of continuous forest management intensity and remotely sensed stand structural complexity in temperate mountain forests / Thomas Asbeck in European Journal of Forest Research, vol 140 n° 3 (June 2021)  

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Integration of laser scanner and photogrammetry for heritage BIM enhancement / Yahya Alshawabkeh in ISPRS International journal of geo-information, vol 10 n° 5 (May 2021)  

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Sensitivity of voxel-based estimations of leaf area density with terrestrial LiDAR to vegetation structure and sampling limitations: A simulation experiment / Maxime Soma in Remote sensing of environment, vol 257 (May 2021)  

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Automated street tree inventory using mobile LiDAR point clouds based on Hough transform and active contours / Amir Hossein Safaie in ISPRS Journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, vol 174 (April 2021)  

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Parsing of urban facades from 3D point clouds based on a novel multi-view domain / Wei Wang in Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, PERS, vol 87 n° 4 (April 2021)  

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Tree extraction and estimation of walnut structure parameters using airborne LiDAR data / Javier Estornell in International journal of applied Earth observation and geoinformation, vol 96 (April 2021)  

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Terrestrial laser scanning intensity captures diurnal variation in leaf water potential / S. Junttila in Remote sensing of environment, Vol 255 (March 2021)  

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3D change detection using adaptive thresholds based on local point cloud density / Dan Liu in ISPRS International journal of geo-information, vol 10 n° 3 (March 2021)  

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Progressive TIN densification with connection analysis for urban Lidar data / Tao Wang in Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, PERS, vol 87 n° 3 (March 2021)  

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What factors shape spatial distribution of biomass in riparian forests? Insights from a LiDAR survey over a large area / Leo Huylenbroeck in Forests, vol 12 n° 3 (March 2021)  

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