High resolution passive millimetre-wave imaging technologies for reconnaissance and surveillance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5077, Issue , 2003, Pages 77-86

  Peichl, Markus ^a   Süß, Helmut ^a   Dill, Stephan ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aperture synthesis; High resolution; Radiometry; Reconnaissance; Sensitivity; Sparse array; Surveillance; UAV

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOMETRY; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0242467485     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.484872     Document Type: Conference Paper

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