Empowering tree-scale monitoring over large areas: Individual tree delineation from high-resolution imagery through deep learning

Liang, Xinlian and Wang, Yinrui and Pan, Jun and Heiskanen, Janne and Wang, Ningning and Wu, Siyu and Vuorinne, Ilja and Tian, Jiaojiao and Troles, Jonas and Cloutier, Myriam and Puliti, Stefano and Chandrasekaran, Aishwarya and Ball, James and Mi, Xiangcheng and Shen, Guochun and Song, Kun and Shao, Guofan and Astrup, Rasmus and Wang, Yunsheng and Pellikka, Petri and Wang, Mi and Gong, Jianya (2026) Empowering tree-scale monitoring over large areas: Individual tree delineation from high-resolution imagery through deep learning. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 232, pp. 974-999. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2025.12.022. ISSN 0924-2716.

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Title:

Empowering tree-scale monitoring over large areas: Individual tree delineation from high-resolution imagery through deep learning

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Liang, Xinlian	xinlian.liang (at) whu.edu.cn	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Wang, Yinrui	wangyinrui (at) whu.edu.cn	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Pan, Jun	panjun1215 (at) whu.edu.cn	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Heiskanen, Janne	janne.heiskanen (at) helsinki.fi	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Wang, Ningning	wangningning (at) ibcas.ac.cn	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Wu, Siyu	18289665799 (at) 163.com	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Vuorinne, Ilja	ilja.vuorinne (at) helsinki.fi	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Tian, Jiaojiao	Jiaojiao.Tian (at) dlr.de	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8407-5098	UNSPECIFIED
Troles, Jonas	jonas.troles (at) uni-bamberg.de	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Cloutier, Myriam	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Puliti, Stefano	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Chandrasekaran, Aishwarya	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Ball, James	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Mi, Xiangcheng	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Shen, Guochun	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Song, Kun	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Shao, Guofan	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Astrup, Rasmus	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Wang, Yunsheng	Finnish Geospatial Research Institute	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Pellikka, Petri	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Wang, Mi	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Gong, Jianya	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

February 2026

Journal or Publication Title:

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

232

DOI:

10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2025.12.022

Page Range:

pp. 974-999

Publisher:

Elsevier

ISSN:

0924-2716

Status:

Published

Keywords:

ForestIndividual tree delineationRemote SensingImageryDeep learningEarth observationClose-range

HGF - Research field:

other

HGF - Program:

other

HGF - Program Themes:

other

DLR - Research area:

Digitalisation

DLR - Program:

D DAT - Data

DLR - Research theme (Project):

D - Digitaler Atlas 2.0, R - Optical remote sensing

Location:

Oberpfaffenhofen

Institutes and Institutions:

Remote Sensing Technology Institute > Photogrammetry and Image Analysis

Deposited By:

Tian, Dr Jiaojiao

Deposited On:

20 Feb 2026 10:05

Last Modified:

20 Feb 2026 10:05

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