Basic Research in Three-Dimensional Imaging from Transient Radar Scattering Signatures.

Abstract

Accomplishments during the first year of an effort concerned with imaging of cone-like targets from measured and calculated data are described. The low frequency portion of the required transient response data were measured and calculated. Approximate time domain ramp response signature waveforms were generated and their relation to target geometry examined. Three-dimensional images were generated for all targets using available data. Investigation was initiated on several aspects of imaging procedures: (1) automated iterative limiting surface imaging, (2) image confidence vs. target characteristics and the extent of known scattering data, (3) ideal relationships between geometry and scattering signature features based on physical optics inverse scattering theory, and (4) effects on image quality of limited data in frequency and aspect angle. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA121374

Entities

People

  • E. K. Walton
  • F. B. Gross
  • Jonathan D. Young
  • R. A. Day

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Military Vehicles
  • Backscattering
  • Bandwidth
  • C Band
  • Data Processing
  • Diffraction
  • Digital Information
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Frequency Bands
  • Geometry
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radar
  • Scattering
  • Stereolithography
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.