A through-dielectric radar imaging system

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2594-2603

  Charvat, Gregory L ^a   Kempel, Leo C ^b   Rothwell, Edward J ^b   Coleman, Christopher M ^c   Mokole, Eric L ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c INTEGRITY APPLICATIONS INCORPORATED   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric slab; frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW); linear FM; linear frequency modulation (LFM); low power radar; pulse compresion; radar imaging; rail SAR; synthetic aperture radar; through lossy dielectric slab imaging; ultrawideband radar

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC SLABS; FREQUENCY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVES; LINEAR FREQUENCY MODULATION; LOW POWER; LOW-POWER RADAR; PULSE COMPRESION; RADAR PULSE; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TARGETS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

EID: 77955456064     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2050424     Document Type: Article

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