Photoacoustic radar imaging signal-to-noise ratio, contrast, and resolution enhancement using nonlinear chirp modulation

Optics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1623-1625

  Lashkari, Bahman ^a   Mandelis, Andreas ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROSS CORRELATIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; IMAGING PARAMETERS; LINEAR CHIRP; LINEAR FREQUENCY; NON-LINEAR FREQUENCY MODULATIONS; NONLINEAR CHIRP; NONLINEAR FREQUENCY; RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CHIRP MODULATION;

EID: 77954903725     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.35.001623     Document Type: Article

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