Image Processing in Agriculture and Forestry

Dear Colleagues,

Agriculture, forestry and forests are specific areas where imaging-based systems play an important role. They allow a more efficient use of resources while facilitating the realization of different tasks, which are occasionally difficult and dangerous.

Image acquisition, processing and interpretation are oriented toward the efficiency of agricultural activities.

The following is a list of the main topics covered by this Special Issue. The issue will, however, not be limited to these topics:

• Image acquisition devices and systems in outdoor environments.
• Image processing techniques: color, segmentation, texture analysis, image fusion.
• Computing vision-based approaches: pattern recognition, 3D structures and movement.
• Applications: autonomous agricultural vehicles, obstacle avoidance, crop rows detection, yield estimation and quality, plant health, trees monitoring, crown height, bark thickness, communications.

Prof. Dr. Gonzalo Pajares Martinsanz
Prof. Dr. Francisco Rovira-Más
Guest Editors

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