Numerical studies of the detection of targets embedded in clutter by using angular correlation function and angular correlation imaging

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 82-86

  Zhang, Guifu ^a   Tsang, Leung ^a   Kuga, Yasuo ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular correlation function; Clutter; Correlation imaging; Target detection; Wave scattering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION THEORY; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADAR CLUTTER; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR RECEIVERS; SPECKLE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANGULAR CORRELATION FUNCTION; ANGULAR CORRELATION IMAGING; TARGET DETECTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0032484810     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19980205)17:2<82::AID-MOP3>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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