Graph-based methods for analyzing orchard tree structure using noisy point cloud data

Fred Westling, James Patrick Underwood, Mitch Bryson

Abstract: Highlights•Structural analysis methods for low-quality LiDAR tree scans were presented.•Application results were presented against real and simulated LiDAR data.•Tree location estimation performed well with an F1 score of 0.78 on real data.•Individual segmentation was presented which could distinguish overlapping trees.•Leaf matter classification showed poorer results but comparable to state-of-the-art.