Automatic reconstruction of tree skeletal structures from point clouds

Trees, bushes, and other plants are ubiquitous in urban environments, and realistic models of trees can add a great deal of realism to a digital urban scene. There has been much research on modeling tree structures, but limited work on reconstructing the geometry of real-world trees

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: TOG
• Authors: Yotam Livny, Feilong Yan, Matt Olson, Baoquan Chen, Hao Zhang 0002, Jihad El-Sana
• Keywords: Digital Urban Scene, Multiple Overlapping Trees, Skeletal Structures, TOG 2010