In certain radar imaging applications one encounters the problem of reconstructing a reflectivity function from information about its averages over circles with center on a straight line. A robust inversion method is ...
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In certain radar imaging applications one encounters the problem of reconstructing a reflectivity function from information about its averages over circles with center on a straight line. A robust inversion method is a filtered backprojection method, similar to the one used in medical tomography. We will present a fast algorithm for this backprojection operator. Numerical examples are given.
In this paper we present the results of an empirical study investigating subband prescreener detection. The prescreener is used with ultra-wideband foliage penetrating syntheticapertureradarimagery. Our results dem...
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In this paper we present the results of an empirical study investigating subband prescreener detection. The prescreener is used with ultra-wideband foliage penetrating syntheticapertureradarimagery. Our results demonstrate that, for the selected set of computationally simple features, lower resolution imagery can be used at the early detection stages. We also present initial multiband detection results. These results indicate that a combination of lower resolution subbands can be used in a fast prescreening algorithm without appreciable performance loss when compared tb the fullband detector.
New distortion-invariant filters are considered for object detection and clutter rejection in ultra-wideband syntheticapertureradar (SAR) imagery. Because of the foliage penetration (FOPEN) ability of this SAR senso...
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New distortion-invariant filters are considered for object detection and clutter rejection in ultra-wideband syntheticapertureradar (SAR) imagery. Because of the foliage penetration (FOPEN) ability of this SAR sensor, the data is attractive for automatic target recognition (ATR). We detail the first use of 2-D distortion-invariant filters for object detection in FOPEN data. Since FOPEN imagery of a particular target is dependent upon the foliage obscuring the object, we use filters designed using targets in an open area and test them on objects in foliage. Initial results indicate attractive distortion-invariant detection and low false alarm rates.
A method for digital image formation in syntheticapertureradar (SAR) systems is presented. The proposed approach is based on the wavefront reconstruction theory for SAR imaging systems. However, this is achieved wit...
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(纸本)0819428191
A method for digital image formation in syntheticapertureradar (SAR) systems is presented. The proposed approach is based on the wavefront reconstruction theory for SAR imaging systems. However, this is achieved without image formation in the spatial frequency domain of the target function which requires interpolation. The proposed method forms the target function at individual range points within the radar range swath;this is referred to as range stacking. The range stacking reconstruction method is applicable in stripmap and spotlight (broadside and squint) SAR systems. Results using a wide-beamwidth FOliage PENetrating (FOPEN) SAR database are provided, and the effect of beamwidth filtering on the signature of moving targets in the imaging scene is shown.
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velten, vJUSAF
Res Lab SNAT Wright Patterson AFB OH 45433 USA
syntheticapertureradar (SAR) sensors have many advantages over electro-optical sensors (EO) for target recognition applications, such as range-independent resolution and superior poor weather performance. However, t...
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syntheticapertureradar (SAR) sensors have many advantages over electro-optical sensors (EO) for target recognition applications, such as range-independent resolution and superior poor weather performance. However, the relative unavailability of SAR data to the basic research community has retarded analysis of the fundamental invariant properties of SAR sensors relative to the extensive invariant literature for EO, and in particular photographic sensors. This paper develops the basic geometric imaging transformation associated with SAR from first principles, and then gives an existence proof for several geometric scatter configurations which give rise to SAR image invariants.
This paper describes progress on an Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) system for syntheticapertureradar (SAR) imagery. The system is based upon a feature extraction, data ordering, and statistical modeling paradigm...
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This paper describes progress on an Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) system for syntheticapertureradar (SAR) imagery. The system is based upon a feature extraction, data ordering, and statistical modeling paradigm. Feature extraction is performed by applying image segmentation to convert the SAR imagery into one of four pixel classes. A description of a real-time image segmentation design is given. The segmented imagery is re-ordered from a two dimensional (2D) spatial representation to a sequential representation through the use of multiple Radon Transforms (RT). Finally, the re-ordered data is classified by target type by appling Hidden Markov Model (HMM) decoding techniques. Performance results on the MSTAR public targets database is provided.
This paper discusses algorithms that are useful for the classification of targets in SAR imagery. Two algorithms are presented for segmenting a target region from background clutter;one based on constant false alarm r...
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This paper discusses algorithms that are useful for the classification of targets in SAR imagery. Two algorithms are presented for segmenting a target region from background clutter;one based on constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detection, and another histogram based technique. The histogram based technique is extended to extract shadow regions associated with a target. A method is then presented for estimating the orientation of segmented targets. These algorithms are applied to SAR imagery from the Lincoln Lab ADTS and MSTAR datasets. The aspect estimate is shown to be superior to estimates obtained from the direction of the axis of least inertia.
The recent public release of high resolution syntheticapertureradar (SAR) data collected by the DARPA/AFRL Moving and Stationary Target Acquisition and Recognition (MSTAR) program has provided a unique opportunity t...
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The recent public release of high resolution syntheticapertureradar (SAR) data collected by the DARPA/AFRL Moving and Stationary Target Acquisition and Recognition (MSTAR) program has provided a unique opportunity to promote and assess progress in SAR ATR algorithm development. This paper will suggest general principles to follow and report on a specific ATR performance experiment using these principles and this data. The principles and experiments are motivated by AFRL experience with the evaluation of the MSTAR ATR.
Recent advances in the areas of phase history processing, interferometric syntheticapertureradar (IFSAR) processing algorithms, and the use of photogrammetric techniques have made it possible to extract extremely ac...
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Recent advances in the areas of phase history processing, interferometric syntheticapertureradar (IFSAR) processing algorithms, and the use of photogrammetric techniques have made it possible to extract extremely accurate DEM generation from syntheticapertureradar (SAR) images. Recent improvements by the authors in the phase unwrapping and interferogram conditioning steps are described which make it possible to obtain good elevation accuracy from noisy interferograms resulting from temporal decorrelation due to foliage or extreme terrain. Results are shown of data reductions from separate passes of the ERS-1,/2 Tandem System over Ft. Irwin, California, and Aschaffenburg, Germany.
In this paper we formulate pose estimation statistically and show that pose can be estimated from a low dimensional feature space obtained by maximizing the mutual information between the aspect angle and the output o...
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In this paper we formulate pose estimation statistically and show that pose can be estimated from a low dimensional feature space obtained by maximizing the mutual information between the aspect angle and the output of a nonlinear mapper. We use the Havrda-Charvat definition of entropy to implement a nonparametric estimator based on the Parzen window method. Results in the MSTAR data set are presented and show the performance of the methodology.
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