Three Dimensional Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging

Abstract

This research investigates the generation, display, and interpretation of three-dimensional (3-D) Synthetic Aperture Radar images. Three-dimensional assumes that the data collected consists of one temporal dimension and two orthogonal angular dimensions. From this data, a three dimensional reflectivity map, or 3-D image, of a target can be constructed. This thesis effort develops and applies a three-dimensional imaging algorithm on actual radar data measured on an one-third scale model of a C-29 aircraft. Two-dimensional slices of the three-dimensional image as well as three-dimensional isosurfaces are compared to the physical properties of the target. The results demonstrate the ability to produce three-dimensional images given three-dimensional radar data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA310286

Entities

People

  • Jack D. Pullis

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Computers
  • Detectors
  • Geometry
  • Images
  • Imaging Techniques
  • Physical Properties
  • Radar
  • Radar Images
  • Radar Imaging
  • Reflectivity
  • Scale Models
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Computer Vision.