Subpixel Processing for Target Scattering Center Extraction from SAR Images

Author

Xu, Xiaojian ; Zhai, Laijuan ; Huang, Ying

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., BeiHang Univ., Beijing

Volume

4

fYear

2006

fDate

16-20 2006

Abstract

In high frequency region, the response of an extended target is well approximated as a sum of responses from individual scattering centers. This work presents two subpixel processing techniques for target scattering center extraction from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) or inverse SAR (ISAR) images. Using the proposed techniques, procedures for scattering center extraction are developed and used to characterize the electromagnetic (EM) scattering of complex targets. Typical results demonstrate the superior performance and usefulness of the current techniques

Keywords

Hankel matrices; electromagnetic wave scattering; feature extraction; image resolution; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; Hankel block matrices; electromagnetic scattering; inverse SAR images; subpixel processing technique; synthetic aperture radar; target scattering center extraction; Data mining; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Geometry; Image processing; Parameter estimation; Radar imaging; Radar scattering; Scattering parameters; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing, 2006 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9736-3

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9736-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICOSP.2006.346003

Filename

4129695