High-Precision Spotlight SAR Imaging with Joint Modified Fast Factorized Backprojection and Autofocus

Fast factorized backprojection (FFBP) takes advantage of high accuracy of time-domain algorithms while also possessing high efficiency comparable with conventional frequency domain algorithms. When phase errors need to be compensated for high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging, howeve...

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Main Authors: Man Zhang, Haolin Li, Guanyong Wang
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2495050
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description Fast factorized backprojection (FFBP) takes advantage of high accuracy of time-domain algorithms while also possessing high efficiency comparable with conventional frequency domain algorithms. When phase errors need to be compensated for high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging, however, neither polar formatted subimages within FFBP flow nor the final Cartesian image formed by FFBP is suitable for phase gradient autofocus (PGA). This is because these kinds of images are not capable of providing PGA with a clear Fourier transform relationship (FTR) between image domain and range-compressed phase history domain. In this paper, we make some essential modifications to the original FFBP and present a scheme to incorporate overlapped-subaperture frame for an accurate PGA processing. The raw data collected by an airborne high-resolution spotlight SAR are used to demonstrate the performance of this algorithm.
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spelling doaj-art-a679450da88b41d08a15ee05d1219b012025-08-20T03:38:48ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772020-01-01202010.1155/2020/24950502495050High-Precision Spotlight SAR Imaging with Joint Modified Fast Factorized Backprojection and AutofocusMan Zhang0Haolin Li1Guanyong Wang2School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaInstitute of Spacecraft Application System Engineering, CAST, Beijing 100094, ChinaBeijing Institute of Radio Measurement, Beijing 100854, ChinaFast factorized backprojection (FFBP) takes advantage of high accuracy of time-domain algorithms while also possessing high efficiency comparable with conventional frequency domain algorithms. When phase errors need to be compensated for high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging, however, neither polar formatted subimages within FFBP flow nor the final Cartesian image formed by FFBP is suitable for phase gradient autofocus (PGA). This is because these kinds of images are not capable of providing PGA with a clear Fourier transform relationship (FTR) between image domain and range-compressed phase history domain. In this paper, we make some essential modifications to the original FFBP and present a scheme to incorporate overlapped-subaperture frame for an accurate PGA processing. The raw data collected by an airborne high-resolution spotlight SAR are used to demonstrate the performance of this algorithm.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2495050
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High-Precision Spotlight SAR Imaging with Joint Modified Fast Factorized Backprojection and Autofocus
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
title High-Precision Spotlight SAR Imaging with Joint Modified Fast Factorized Backprojection and Autofocus
title_full High-Precision Spotlight SAR Imaging with Joint Modified Fast Factorized Backprojection and Autofocus
title_fullStr High-Precision Spotlight SAR Imaging with Joint Modified Fast Factorized Backprojection and Autofocus
title_full_unstemmed High-Precision Spotlight SAR Imaging with Joint Modified Fast Factorized Backprojection and Autofocus
title_short High-Precision Spotlight SAR Imaging with Joint Modified Fast Factorized Backprojection and Autofocus
title_sort high precision spotlight sar imaging with joint modified fast factorized backprojection and autofocus
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2495050
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