Cross-range scaling algorithm for ISAR images using 2-D fourier transform and polar mapping

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 868-877

  Park, Sang Hong ^a   Kim, Hyo Tae ^b   Kim, Kyung Tae ^c  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

2 D Fourier transform (FT); Correlation; cross range scaling; inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR); polar mapping

Indexed keywords

2-D FOURIER TRANSFORM (FT); ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ANGULAR SHIFT; BOEING 747-400; CORRELATION; CROSS-RANGE SCALING; DOPPLER; FOURIER; IDEAL POINTS; ISAR IMAGES; MAPPED IMAGE; MAXIMUM CORRELATIONS; MEASURED DATA; POLAR GRIDS; POLAR MAPPING; RELATIVE ROTATION; ROTATION CENTERS; ROTATIONAL VELOCITY; SCALE RELATIONSHIP; SCALING ALGORITHM; SCALING FACTORS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; INVERSE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; MAPPING; RADAR; ROTATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALGORITHM; CORRELATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING METHOD; POLAR REGION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 79151472862     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2060731     Document Type: Article

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