A GPU based real-time SAR simulation for complex scenes

This paper presents a novel simulator which uses programmable graphics processing units (GPU) to generate Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images. The conventional SAR simulations, based on mere mathematical computation, are usually time-consuming and not intuitionistic. In this paper, a new method wh...

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Main Authors: Yuan Lu, Wang, K., Xingzhao Liu, Wenxian Yu
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Computational modeling
Computer graphics
Computer simulation
Geometry
Graphics Processing Units (GPU)
Hardware
Image sensors
Layout
Radar imaging
Real-time
SAR
Shadow
Simulation
Synthetic aperture radar
Terrain
Visualization
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Summary:This paper presents a novel simulator which uses programmable graphics processing units (GPU) to generate Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images. The conventional SAR simulations, based on mere mathematical computation, are usually time-consuming and not intuitionistic. In this paper, a new method which can simulate real-time SAR images even for complex scenes is developed. The simulator takes the advantage of computer graphics in three-dimensional display and combines it with SAR principle to yield the SAR images. This is implemented on graphics hardware, which offers 3D hardware acceleration and programmable GPU.
ISSN:1097-5764
2640-7736