Patent ID: 8649576

Claim:
A method for arborization reconstruction comprising: performing processing associated with generating, using a processing device, at least one slice image by carpeting a multitude of digital images based upon a two-dimensional (2-D) reference system, each of the multitude of digital images associated with a location in the 2-D reference system and each showing a representation of an arborization and/or landmark such that digital images not showing a representation of an arborization and/or landmark are excluded; performing processing associated with carpeting the multitude of digital images together to create a slice image; performing processing associated with aligning the slice image with other similarly created slice images using landmark information to determine the amount of 2-D rotation and/or translation to be applied to each slice image; performing processing associated with vectorizing the representation of the arborization on each slice image, the vectorization creating a series of segments; performing processing associated with assigning a type to at least one of the series of segments based on a unique characteristic of arborization; and performing processing associated with grouping related segments together.