Radar Image Processing for the AFIT Anechoic Chamber

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to begin development of an Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar imaging capability for the AFIT anechoic chamber. This began with an evaluation of the capabilities and limitations of the existing radar system and the chamber itself for this application. Then, after deciding on the image processing approach, software had to be written to collect the data necessary for image processing. This constituted the majority of this study, and resulted in a versatile, user-friendly program that automates the process of collecting data for high-resolution radar images. The program checks that the data to be collected will lead to a valid radar cross-section (RCS) image, but will allow data collection for general radar images. Finally, the image processing software was begun. This made use of commercially available software packages called PC-MATLAB and PRO-MATLAB. Further work is needed on the image processing software to generate calibrated images, and to perform focusing. Theses. (RH)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA230502

Entities

People

  • Brian K. Sanders

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Absorption
  • Air Force
  • Anechoic Chambers
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Frequency Bands
  • Geometry
  • High Resolution
  • Image Processing
  • Radar
  • Radar Imaging
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design