Articles tagged “Laser”

Lasers instead of inclinometers alone: rethinking pulling tests

Sun 06 September 2026 · Tree Assessment

First post in a series on a laser-based pulling-test method. Peer-reviewed in Forests 2026, 17(5), 528 — Open Access.

About

Steffen Rust is Professor of Arboriculture at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Göttingen, Germany. His main fields of research are non-destructive methods for tree risk assessment and tree water relations. He is one of the developers of stress wave tomography for trees. Recent studies concentrate on ground penetrating radar, electrical resistivity tomography for stems and root systems, as well as static pulling tests, analysis of tree vibration, and the application of artificial intelligence in tree risk assessment.