Radar, signal, and image processing techniques for through the wall imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5819, Issue , 2005, Pages 33-45

  Amin, Moeness G ^a  

^a Villanova University   (United States)

Author keywords

Array processing; Auto focusing; Imaging; Step frequency; Through the wall; Wideband beamforming

Indexed keywords

ARRAY PROCESSING; AUTO-FOCUSING; STEP-FREQUENCY; THROUGH THE WALL; WIDEBAND BEAMFORMING;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 27644551277     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.609921     Document Type: Conference Paper

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