A 3D polar processing algorithm for scale model UHF ISAR imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6237, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Beaudoin, Christopher J ^a   Gatesman, Andrew J ^a   Giles, Robert H ^a   Waldman, Jerry ^a   Nixon, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b US Army National Ground Intelligence Center   (United States)

Author keywords

3D ISAR; Radar; Scale modeling; UHF

Indexed keywords

3D ISAR; SCALE-MODELING; SUB-WAVELENGTH FEATURES; SYNERGISTIC PROPERTIES; TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPPING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; SCATTERING;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 33747338068     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.666617     Document Type: Conference Paper

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