Zou, Lilong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5109-4866 and Sato, Motoyuki (2019) An efficient and accurate GB-SAR imaging algorithm based on the fractional Fourier transform. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57 (11). pp. 9081-9089. ISSN 0196-2892

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Abstract

In this paper, an efficient and accurate imaging algorithm is presented for Ground-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar (GB-SAR) or other radar systems that could be formed by a physical or synthetic linear aperture. The imaging algorithm is based on the fractional Fourier transform for the azimuth compression. A mathematical framework is derived according to the projection of a sample reflectivity image onto the pseudopolar coordinate and its implementation was presented. With the data acquisition geometry and the pseudopolar imaging coordinate, the phase of a point target can be expressed as a quadratic phase exponential. It makes that only one-dimensional fractional Fourier transform is needed for the azimuth compression of the time domain backscatter data for the GB-SAR imaging problem. By further research, the optimal transformation order which represents the spatial frequency changes by the fractional Fourier transform was given subsequently. Taking advantage of this optimal representation, the proposed approach avoids the large calculation that occurs in the time domain back projection (TDBP). Comparing to the far-field pseudopolar format algorithm (FPFA), the accuracy of the proposed algorithm is much improved. Meanwhile, the proposed approach holds the almost same computational cost and complexity as the FPFA. The proposed approach keeps the advantages of the imaging quality of the TDBP and the computational cost of the FPFA that are two important aspects of the GB-SAR applications. Both the numerical simulation and the field GB-SAR experiment show that the algorithm is more suitable for the high precision GBSAR imaging, especially for the near-field.

Item Type:	Article
Identifier:	10.1109/TGRS.2019.2924803
Additional Information:	© 2019 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.
Keywords:	Ground based synthetic aperture radar (GBSAR), imaging algorithm, the fractional Fourier transform(FrFT), near-filed imaging, linear aperture radar
Subjects:	Construction and engineering > Civil and environmental engineering Construction and engineering > Digital signal processing Construction and engineering > Electrical and electronic engineering Construction and engineering
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Depositing User:	Lilong Zou
Date Deposited:	30 Oct 2019 16:20
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2024 16:01
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/6491

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