Target Recognition by Means of Polarimetric ISAR Images

Automatic target recognition (ATR) is generally the reason why inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging systems are employed. Moreover, the use of fully polarimetric radar systems in radar imaging applications such as SAR and ISAR has enhanced both image quality and classification capabilitie...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems 2011-01, Vol.47 (1), p.225-239
Main Authors: Martorella, M, Giusti, E, Demi, L, Zhou, Z, Cacciamano, A, Berizzi, F, Bates, B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air traffic control
Aircraft components
Classification
Doppler effect
Electronic systems
Feature extraction
Image quality
Radar
Radar imaging
Scattering
Solid modeling
Synthetic aperture radar
Target recognition
Three dimensional displays
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Summary:Automatic target recognition (ATR) is generally the reason why inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging systems are employed. Moreover, the use of fully polarimetric radar systems in radar imaging applications such as SAR and ISAR has enhanced both image quality and classification capabilities. The authors propose a novel technique for ATR using polarimetric ISAR (Pol-ISAR) images. The proposed method is based on a model matching approach. Results are obtained that show the effectiveness of such a technique.
ISSN:0018-9251
1557-9603
DOI:10.1109/TAES.2011.5705672