Investigating the effect of a target's time-varying Doppler generating axis of rotation on ISAR image distortion

IET Conference Publications

Volumn , Issue 530 CP, 2007, Pages

  Abdul Gaffar, M Y ^a   Nel, W ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

3 D motion; Image distortion; ISAR imaging; Quaternions

Indexed keywords

RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR SYSTEMS; ROTATION; SHIPS; TARGETS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

3-D MOTION; 3D MOTIONS; AXIS OF ROTATIONS; CHARACTERISATION; CLASSIFICATION RESULTS; DOPPLER; IMAGE DISTORTION; ISAR IMAGERIES; ISAR IMAGES; ISAR IMAGING; MOTION DATUMS; POINT SCATTERERS; QUATERNION ALGEBRAS; QUATERNIONS; RANGE CELLS; ROTATIONAL MOTIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; YAW RATES;

DISTORTION (WAVES);

EID: 57649170834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp:20070575     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

1. C. C. Chen, H. C. Andrews, "Target-Motion-Induced Radar Imaging", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Systems, 1, pp. 2-14, (1980).
2. B. Haywood, R.J. Evans, "Motion Compensation for ISAR Imaging", Proceedings of Australian Symposium on Signal Processing and Applications, pp. 112-117, (1989).
3. R. T. Lord, W. Nel, M. Y. Abdul Gaffar, "Investigation of 3-D RCS Image Formation of Ships Using ISAR", Proc. European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR 2006, Dresden, Germany, May 2006.
4. V. C. Chen, W. J. Miceli, "Time-varying spectral analysis for radar imaging of maneuvering targets", IEE Proceedings of Radar, Sonar and Navigation, 145, pp. 262-268, (1998).
5. D. R. Wehner, 'High-Resolution Radar', Second Edition, Norwood, MA, Artech House, (1995).
6. S. K. Wong, G. Duff, E. Riseborough, "ISAR Image Distortion due to Small Perturbed Motion and Restoration of Distorted Images by Time-Frequency Analysis", Proceedings of SPIE, 5102, Florida, USA, April 22-25, pp. 200-212, (2003).
7. V. C. Chen, R. Lipps, "ISAR imaging of small craft with roll, pitch and yaw analysis', Proc. IEEE International Radar Conference, Verona, NY, pp. 493-498, (2000).
8. T. Sparr, "ISAR - Radar imaging of targets with complicated motion" Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Singapore, pp. 5-8, (2004).
9. W. R. Hamilton, "Elements of Quaternions", London: Longmar and Co., (1866).
10. J. B. Kuipers, "Quaternions and Rotation Sequences", Princeton University Press, (1999).
11. R. Lipps, D. Kerr, "Polar reformatting for ISAR imaging", Proc. IEEE National Radar Conference, Texas, Dallas, pp. 275-280, (1998).