Optimum two-dimensional uniform spatial sampling for microwave SAR-based NDE imaging systems

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3806-3815

  Case, Joseph T ^a   Ghasr, Mohammad Tayeb ^a   Zoughi, Reza ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; microwave imaging; nondestructive evaluation (NDE); optimum sampling; synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA BEAMWIDTH; ARRAY; DESIGN CURVES; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; MICROWAVE IMAGING; MICROWAVE IMAGING SYSTEMS; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE); NYQUIST RATE; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RASTER SCANNING; REDUCED SYSTEMS; RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS; RMS ERRORS; SAR IMAGES; SIMULATED RESULTS; SIMULATION DEMONSTRATE; SINGLE ANTENNA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL SAMPLING; SPECTRAL ESTIMATION; STEP SIZE; THEORETICAL FORMULATION;

ANTENNAS; BEAM FORMING NETWORKS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR IMAGING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 81255211365     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2011.2169177     Document Type: Article

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