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Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) provides robust all-weather imaging capabilities; however, translating SAR observations into photo-realistic optical images remains a fundamentally ill-posed problem. Current approaches are often hindered by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Hyunseo Lee , Sang Min Kim , Ho Kyung Shin , Taeheon Kim , Woo-Jeoung Nam

We present a framework for simulating realistic inverse synthetic aperture radar images of automotive targets at millimeter wave frequencies. The model incorporates radar scattering phenomenology of commonly found vehicles along with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-19 Neeraj Pandey , Shobha Sundar Ram

We analyze synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging of complex ground scenes that contain both stationary and moving targets. In the usual SAR acquisition scheme, we consider ways to preprocess the data so as to separate the contributions of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-07 Matan Leibovich , George Papanicolaou , Chrysoula Tsogka

This paper presents measures to reduce the computation time of automotive synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging to achieve real-time capability. For this, the image formation, which is based on the Back-Projection algorithm, was thoroughly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-19 Marcel Hoffmann , Theresa Noegel , Christian Schüßler , Lars Schwenger , Peter Gulden , Dietmar Fey , Martin Vossiek

Weather radar data synthesis can fill in data for areas where ground observations are missing. Existing methods often employ reconstruction-based approaches with MSE loss to reconstruct radar data from satellite observation. However, such…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-12 Xuming He , Zhiwang Zhou , Wenlong Zhang , Xiangyu Zhao , Hao Chen , Shiqi Chen , Lei Bai

Simulating high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images in complex scenes has consistently presented a significant research challenge. The development of a microwave-domain surface scattering model and its reversibility are poised…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-03 Jiangtao Wei , Yixiang Luomei , Xu Zhang , Feng Xu

Contrary to optical images, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images are in different electromagnetic spectrum where the human visual system is not accustomed to. Thus, with more and more SAR applications, the demand for enhanced high-quality…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-23 Dongyang Ao , Corneliu Octavian Dumitru , Gottfried Schwarz , Mihai Datcu

In this paper the Modified Fractal Signature method is applied to real Synthetic Aperture Radar images provided to our research group by SET 163 Working Group on SAR radar techniques. This method uses the blanket technique to provide useful…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-01-14 A. Malamou , C. Pandis , P. Frangos , P. Stefaneas , A. Karakasiliotis , D. Kodokostas

Simulating realistic radar data has the potential to significantly accelerate the development of data-driven approaches to radar processing. However, it is fraught with difficulty due to the notoriously complex image formation process. Here…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Rob Weston , Oiwi Parker Jones , Ingmar Posner

Optical image data have been used by the Remote Sensing workforce to study land use and cover since such data is easily interpretable. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has the characteristic of obtaining images during all-day, all-weather and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-04 Battula Balnarsaiah , G Rajitha

This paper is concerned with the study of a version of the globally convergent convexification method with direct application to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging. Results of numerical testing are presented for experimentally collected…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-22 M. V. Klibanov , V. A. Khoa , A. V. Smirnov , L. H. Nguyen , G. W. Bidney , L. H. Nguyen , A. J. Sullivan , V. N. Astratov

Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) imaging presents a formidable challenge when it comes to small everyday objects due to their limited Radar Cross-Section (RCS) and the inherent resolution constraints of radar systems. Existing ISAR…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Md Farhan Tasnim Oshim , Albert Reed , Suren Jayasuriya , Tauhidur Rahman

This article introduces a novel probability distribution model, namely Complex Isotropic {\alpha}-Stable-Rician (CI{\alpha}SR), for characterizing the data histogram of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. Having its foundation situated…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-08 Mutong Li , Ercan Engin Kuruoglu

This research tackles the challenge of speckle noise in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) space data, a prevalent issue that hampers the clarity and utility of SAR images. The study presents a comparative analysis of six distinct speckle noise…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-19 Sanjjushri Varshini R , Rohith Mahadevan , Bagiya Lakshmi S , Mathivanan Periasamy , Raja CSP Raman , Lokesh M

Significant differences in optical images and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images are caused by fundamental differences in the physical principles underlying their acquisition by Earth remote sensing platforms. These differences make…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Alexey Borisov , Evgeny Myasnikov , Vladislav Myasnikov

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) often rely on GPS for navigation. GPS signals, however, are very low in power and easily jammed or otherwise disrupted. This paper presents a method for determining the navigation errors present at the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-26 Teresa White , Jesse Wheeler , Colton Lindstrom , Randall Christensen , Kevin R. Moon

The analysis of ocean surface is widely performed using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery as it yields information for wide areas under challenging weather conditions, during day or night, etc. Speckle noise constitutes however the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-15 Oktay Karakuş , Igor Rizaev , Alin Achim

The extension to millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum of communication frequency band makes it easy to implement a joint radar and communication system using single hardware. In this paper, we propose radar imaging based on the IEEE 802.11ad…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Geonho Han , Junil Choi

This paper presents a non-parametric method for 3-D imaging of natural volumes using Synthetic Aperture Radar tomography. This array processing-based technique aims at characterizing a spatially distributed density of incoherent sources,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-18 Colin Cros , Laurent Ferro-Famil

SAR images possess unique attributes that present challenges for both human observers and vision AI models to interpret, owing to their electromagnetic characteristics. The interpretation of SAR images encounters various hurdles, with one…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-11 Zhongling Huang , Xidan Zhang , Zuqian Tang , Feng Xu , Mihai Datcu , Junwei Han