A Wave Front Extraction Algorithm for High-Resolution Pulse Based Radar Systems

Author

Hantscher, Sebastian ; Etzlinger, Bernhard ; Reisenzahn, Alexander ; Diskus, Christian G.

Author_Institution

Linz Univ., Linz

fYear

2007

fDate

24-26 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

590

Lastpage

595

Abstract

The resolution of a pulse based radar system is restricted by the pulse width. Overlapping echoes in time domain of adjacent objects make a wave front evaluation of B-scans difficult. In this paper, a new algorithm for the wave front detection is proposed. Based on a reference impulse response of a large metal plate, the algorithm is able to determine the number of targets. Furthermore, two narrow adjacent spheres were detected as two different objects although the pulses of the two targets were overlapping. In the resulting radar image their shapes could be reconstructed.

Keywords

feature extraction; image reconstruction; image resolution; object detection; radar imaging; radar target recognition; transient response; high-resolution pulse based radar system; object detection; radar image reconstruction; radar target recognition; reference impulse response; wave front extraction algorithm; Antenna measurements; Horn antennas; Object detection; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Radar signal processing; Receiving antennas; Shape; Signal processing algorithms; Space vector pulse width modulation; High-frequency radar; correlation; radar target recognition; shape measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra-Wideband, 2007. ICUWB 2007. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0521-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0521-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUWB.2007.4381013

Filename

4381013