Wideband synthetic aperture beamforming for through-the-wall imaging

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 110-113

  Amin, Moeness G ^a   Ahmad, Fauzia ^b  

^a Villanova University   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

IMAGING QUALITY; INTENSITY PROFILES; PERTURBATION THEORY; TARGET IDENTIFICATION; THROUGH THE WALL; THROUGH THE WALL IMAGING; WALL AMBIGUITIES; WAVE REFRACTION;

BEAMFORMING;

EID: 85032751441     PISSN: 10535888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2008.923510     Document Type: Article

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