Multiple phase difference method for real-time SAR autofocus

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 375-388

  Koo, V C ^a   Chan, Y K ^a   Chuah, H T ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

AUTOFOCUS ALGORITHMS; MULTIPLE PHASE DIFFERENCE (MPD); PHASE ERROR;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 33645052458     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939306775701713     Document Type: Article

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