A new measurement method based on music algorithm for through-the-wall detection of life signs

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-26

  Ascione, Marcello ^a,b   Buonanno, Aniello ^a   D'Urso, Michele ^a   Angrisani, Leopoldo ^b   Lo Moriello, Rosario Schiano ^b  

^a SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Life signs detection; microwave measurements; MUltiple SIgnal Classification (MUSIC); through the wall detection; through the wall radar imaging

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; PHASE MODULATION; RADAR IMAGING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CONTINUOUS WAVES; CRITICAL MEASUREMENTS; DECORRELATIONS; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; MICROWAVE TRANSCEIVERS; MULTIPLE SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION; MUSIC ALGORITHMS; NEW MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHASE SIGNALS; RESPIRATORY ACTIVITY; SINUSOIDAL SIGNALS; SPATIAL SMOOTHING; SPECTRAL COMPONENTS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 84870981148     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2012.2209917     Document Type: Article

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