Tree crown detection and delineation in high resolution RS image: a texture approach discussion

Vegetation inventory and management requires a range of fine-scale information regarding tree attributes. High spatial resolution remote sensing images can provide such information efficiently. However, tree crowns should be detected and delineated accurately beforehand. This work proposes a texture analysis based tree crown detection and delineation algorithm, which can recognize tree crown from a complicate scene. The main idea and fundamental process of the algorithm are described, image examples and performance are given, and applicable conditions and limitations are discussed.