Image-based Modeling


Abstract
        Root architecture impacts the ability of plants to anchor into the soil, and thereby functions in stabilization of soil structure. Root density in soil also regulates the nutrient and water quenching which directs plant productivity. We have developed image-based modeling tools for studying root and branch growth. We seek to advance the understanding of the spatial organization of roots/branches using a portal acquisition system to extract the 3D geometry.

Related Papers

  Image-based Root Modeling and Reconstruction
Luis D. Lopez, Harsh Bais, and Jingyi Yu
To Appear in Computer Graphics International (CGI) 2011 
  Modeling Complex Unfoliaged Trees from a Sparse Set of Images
Luis D. Lopez, Yuanyuan Ding, Jingyi Yu
In Proceeding of Computer Graphics Forum, Special Issues of Pacific Graphics 2010(PG 2010)