Real-time synthetic aperture sonar processing system

IEE Proceedings: Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 169-176

  Adams, A E ^a   Lawlor, M A ^a   Riyait, V S ^a   Hinton, O R ^a   Sharif, B S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sonar processing; Synthetic aperture systems

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SONAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AREA COVERAGE RATE; SONAR IMAGING; SONAR PROCESSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE SYSTEMS;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

EID: 0030163957     PISSN: 13502395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-rsn:19960425     Document Type: Article

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