Detection and Classification of Root and Butt-Rot (RBR) in Stumps of Norway Spruce Using RGB Images and Machine Learning

Root and butt-rot (RBR) has a significant impact on both the material and economic outcome of timber harvesting, and therewith on the individual forest owner and collectively on the forest and wood processing industries. An accurate recording of the presence of RBR during timber harvesting would ena...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Ostovar, Bruce Talbot, Stefano Puliti, Rasmus Astrup, Ola Ringdahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/7/1579