A wideband, synthetic aperture beamformer for through-the-wall imaging

IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 187-192

  Ahmad, Fauzia ^a   Amin, Moeness G ^a   Kassam, Saleem A ^b   Frazer, Gordon J ^c  

^a Villanova University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; DATA ACQUISITION; RETAINING WALLS;

APERTURE SYNTHESIS; BEAMFORMER DESIGN; SUB-ARRAYS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE BEAMFORMER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE TECHNIQUES; THROUGH THE WALL; THROUGH THE WALL IMAGING; WIDEBAND MICROWAVES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

EID: 84946414470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PAST.2003.1256979     Document Type: Conference Paper

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