Estimation of frequency-dependent parameters of unknown walls for enhanced through-the-wall imaging

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3070-3073

  Thajudeen, Christopher ^a   Hoorfar, Ahmad ^a   Zhang, Wenji ^a  

^a Villanova University   (United States)

Author keywords

auto focusing; parameter estimation; through the wall radar imaging

Indexed keywords

AUTO-FOCUSING; CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT PARAMETERS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; LOSS TANGENT; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RADAR SIGNALS; STEP-OVERS; THROUGH THE WALL IMAGING; THROUGH-THE-WALL RADAR IMAGING; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS; WALL PARAMETERS;

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 80055004974     PISSN: 15223965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.2011.5997179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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