Title :
Reconstructing 3D tree models from instrumented photographs
Author :
Shlyakhter, Ilya ; Rozenoer, Max ; Dorsey, Julie ; Teller, Seth
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Our computer modeling technique reproduces a tree´s 3D volume and skeleton from instrumented photographs. The technique involves first constructing the skeleton (trunk and the major branches) of the tree, and then applying an L-system starting from this skeleton. L-systems are one of the better known procedural models in the graphics community, especially after their popularization by P. Prusinkiewicz and A. Lindenmayer (1990)
Keywords :
botany; realistic images; solid modelling; 3D tree model reconstruction; 3D volume; L-system; computer modeling technique; graphics community; instrumented photographs; major branches; procedural models; trunk; Databases; Graphics; Image reconstruction; Image segmentation; Instruments; Organisms; Robustness; Shape; Skeleton; Tree graphs;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
