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The joint interpretation of very high resolution SAR and optical images in dense urban area are not trivial due to the distinct imaging geometry of the two types of images. Especially, the inevitable layover caused by the side-looking SAR…

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In this paper, we study the optimization of the sensing accuracy of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based dual-baseline interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) systems. A swarm of three UAV-synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems is…

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The integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with radar imaging sensors has revolutionized the monitoring of dynamic and local Earth surface processes by enabling high-resolution and cost-effective remote sensing. This paper…

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In this article, we introduce a novel algorithm for efficient near-field synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging for irregular scanning geometries. With the emergence of fifth-generation (5G) millimeter-wave (mmWave) devices, near-field SAR…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-04 Josiah Smith , Murat Torlak

Monitoring of ground movement close to the rail corridor, such as that associated with landslips caused by ground subsidence and/or uplift, is of great interest for the detection and prevention of possible railway faults. Interferometric…

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Synthetic aperture radar tomography (TomoSAR) has been extensively employed in 3-D reconstruction in dense urban areas using high-resolution SAR acquisitions. Compressive sensing (CS)-based algorithms are generally considered as the state…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-04 Kun Qian , Yuanyuan Wang , Yilei Shi , Xiao Xiang Zhu

Reliable building height estimation is essential for various urban applications. Spaceborne SAR tomography (TomoSAR) provides weather-independent, side-looking observations that capture facade-level structure, offering a promising…

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Lidar is extensively used in the industry and mass-market. Due to its measurement accuracy and insensitivity to illumination compared to cameras, It is applied onto a broad range of applications, like geodetic engineering, self driving cars…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-11 Xueyang Kang , Shengjiong Yin , Yinglong Fen

Various datasets have been proposed for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and related problems. Existing datasets often include small environments, have incomplete ground truth, or lack important sensor data, such as depth and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-01-04 Janne Mustaniemi , Juho Kannala , Esa Rahtu , Li Liu , Janne Heikkilä

With the advancement of millimeter-wave radar technology, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging at millimeter-wave frequencies has gained significant attention in both academic research and industrial applications. However, traditional SAR…

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Millimeter-wave (MMW) multiple-input multiple-output synthetic aperture radar (MIMO-SAR) system is a technology that can achieve high resolution, high frame rate, and all-weather imaging and has received extensive attention in the…

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City-scale 3D surface reconstruction from multiview images for downstream 3D simulation, poses highly challenging problems due to the scale and complexity of urban scenes. Existing city-scale 3D reconstruction methods based on NeRF,…

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This paper reports the repeat-pass interferometric SAR results of Gaofen-3, a Chinese civil SAR satellite, acquired in November 2016 and March 2017 from Ningbo area. With the spatial baseline about 600 m and time baseline 116 days, the…

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This paper introduces a new and novel radar interferometry based on Doppler synthetic aperture radar (Doppler-SAR) paradigm. Conventional SAR interferometry relies on wideband transmitted waveforms to obtain high range resolution.…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-04-18 Birsen Yazici , Il-Young Son , H. Cagri Yanik

Modern unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are irreplaceable in search and rescue (SAR) missions to obtain a situational overview or provide closeups without endangering personnel. However, UAVs heavily rely on global navigation satellite…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-04 Jan Quenzel , Linus T. Mallwitz , Benedikt T. Arnold , Sven Behnke

Persistent scatterer interferometry and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Tomography are powerful tools for the detection and time monitoring of persistent scatterers. They have been proven to be effective in urban scenarios, especially for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-05 Pia Addabbo , Diego Reale , Antonio Pauciullo , Gianfranco Fornaro , Danilo Orlando

Large-scale multi-session LiDAR mapping is essential for a wide range of applications, including surveying, autonomous driving, crowdsourced mapping, and multi-agent navigation. However, existing approaches often struggle with data…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-08 Xiangcheng Hu , Jin Wu , Jianhao Jiao , Binqian Jiang , Wei Zhang , Wenshuo Wang , Ping Tan

Tomographic synthetic aperture radar (TomoSAR) enables three-dimensional imaging by resolving targets along the elevation dimension, which is essential for environment reconstruction and infrastructure monitoring. A critical challenge in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Qiuyuan Yang , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Jiangzhou Wang

Recent widespread applications for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) -- from infrastructure inspection to urban logistics -- have prompted an urgent need for high-accuracy three-dimensional (3D) radio maps. However, existing methods designed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Xinwei Chen , Xiaofeng Zhong , Zijian Zhang , Linglong Dai , Shidong Zhou

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) tomography (TomoSAR) retrieves three-dimensional (3-D) information from multiple SAR images, effectively addresses the layover problem, and has become pivotal in urban mapping. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)…

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