Radar Imaging of Impenetrable and Penetrable Targets From Finite-Duration Pulsed Signatures

Author

Stumpf, Martin

Author_Institution

SIX Res. Centre, Brno Univ. of Technol., Brno, Czech Republic

Volume

62

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Jun-14

Firstpage

3035

Lastpage

3042

Abstract

A straightforward time-domain imaging technique for shape reconstruction of both impenetrable and penetrable objects is described. For a class of finite-duration incident waveforms, the ramp cross-sectional area function is recovered from the radar signature of a target through the stable integration procedure. The results presented in this paper can be readily applied to identification of targets from their radar signatures directly in time domain. A number of illustrative examples is presented.

Keywords

image reconstruction; radar imaging; radar target recognition; time-domain analysis; finite-duration incident waveforms; finite-duration pulsed signatures; impenetrable objects; impenetrable targets; penetrable objects; penetrable targets; radar imaging; radar target recognition; radar target signature; ramp cross-sectional area function; shape reconstruction; target identification; time-domain imaging technique; Approximation methods; Image reconstruction; Radar imaging; Scattering; Shape; Time-domain analysis; Vectors; Radar imaging; radar signature; radar target recognition; ramp response; time domain;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2014.2309964

Filename

6756978