A comparison between imaging radar and medical imaging polar format algorithm implementations

LeRoy A. Gorham; Brian D. Rigling; Edmund G. Zelnio

doi:10.1117/12.731454

7 May 2007 A comparison between imaging radar and medical imaging polar format algorithm implementations

LeRoy A. Gorham, Brian D. Rigling, Edmund G. Zelnio

Proceedings Volume 6568, Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XIV; 65680K (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.731454
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The polar format algorithm (PFA) is a well known method for forming imagery in both the radar community and the medical imaging community. PFA is attractive because it has low computational cost, and it partially compensates for phase errors due to a target's motion through resolution cells (MTRC). Since the imaging scenarios for remote sensing and medical imaging are traditionally different, the PFA implementation is different between the communities. This paper describes the differences in PFA implementation. The performance of two illustrative implementations is compared using synthetic radar and medical imagery.

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LeRoy A. Gorham, Brian D. Rigling, and Edmund G. Zelnio "A comparison between imaging radar and medical imaging polar format algorithm implementations", Proc. SPIE 6568, Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XIV, 65680K (7 May 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.731454

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