Signal processing and image formation using low-frequency ultra-wideband radar data

Lam H. Nguyen; Marc Ressler; Mehrdad Soumekh

doi:10.1117/12.543897

21 September 2004 Signal processing and image formation using low-frequency ultra-wideband radar data

Lam H. Nguyen, Marc Ressler, Mehrdad Soumekh

Proceedings Volume 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.543897
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

In support of the U.S. Army Night Vision And Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has developed infrastructures, tools, and algorithms to evaluate the data set. This paper focuses on the signal processing and image formation using data from a low-frequency ultra-wideband sensor. We examine various issues that are associated with this class of SAR databases such as radio frequency interference (RFI), the effects of spectral notches, and errors in motion measurement to image quality. We show the pre-processing steps such as frequency and phase calibration, radio frequency interference extraction. We also show the application of digital spotlight technique to correct motion errors introduced by the measurement system. Finally, we show the resulting SAR imagery of various minefields.

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Lam H. Nguyen, Marc Ressler, and Mehrdad Soumekh "Signal processing and image formation using low-frequency ultra-wideband radar data", Proc. SPIE 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX, (21 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.543897

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