Maximum-likelihood ISAR image autofocusing technique based on instantaneous frequency estimation

IEE Proceedings: Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 284-291

  Berizzi, F ^a   Pinelli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autofocusing; ISAR imaging; Maximum likelihood estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOCUSING; FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AUTOFOCUSING TECHNIQUES; INSTANTANEOUS FREQUENCY (IF) ESTIMATION; INVERSE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (ISAR) IMAGING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD (ML) ESTIMATION;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0031249466     PISSN: 13502395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-rsn:19971398     Document Type: Article

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