Bistatic aspect diversity for improved SAR target recognition

EE Laubie, BD Rigling… - 2015 IEEE Radar …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper analyzes the potential for improvement in the performance of automatic target
recognition (ATR) for synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) with bistatic aspect diversity. Initial …

Decreased probability of error in template-matching classification using aspect-diverse bistatic SAR

EE Laubie, BD Rigling… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We extend the concept of monostatic aspect diversity for improved automatic target
recognition (ATR) to a bistatic synthetic aperture radar (SAR) platform. We derive the …

Aspect dependent drivers for multi-perspective target classification

M Vespe, CJ Baker, HD Griffiths - 2006 IEEE Conference on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a 2-D classifier using radial basis function neural networks (RBFNNs) has
been implemented combining two imageries collected by different locations to prove the …

Analysis of multiple-view Bayesian classification for SAR ATR

MZ Brown - Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery X, 2003 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Classification of targets in high-resolution synthetic aperture radar imagery is a challenging
problem in practice, due to extended operating conditions such as obscuration, articulation …

Benefits of aspect diversity for SAR ATR: fundamental and experimental results

GF Brendel, LL Horowitz - Algorithms for synthetic aperture …, 2000 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This paper continues the study reported in Ref. 1 and Ref. 2 trading off the fundamental ATR
performance capability (ie, algorithm-independent) of various SAR design options. The …

Decision fusion based on physically relevant features for SAR ATR

B Ding, G Wen, C Ma, X Yang - IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Multi‐feature decision fusion is a robust way to enhance the performance of synthetic
aperture radar (SAR) automatic target recognition (ATR). This study fuses two physically …

Bounding SAR ATR performance based on model similarity

M Boshra, B Bhanu - … for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery VI, 1999 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Similarity between model targets plays a fundamental role in determining the performance of
target recognition. We analyze the effect of model similarity on the performance of a vote …

Reliable target feature extraction and classification using potential target information

SH Doo, G Smith, C Baker - 2015 IEEE Radar Conference …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A reliable target feature extraction process is proposed in this paper. The locations of
dominant scatterers have been widely adopted as target features in automatic target …

Aspect invariant features for radar target recognition

SH Doo, GE Smith, CJ Baker - IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the authors introduce a novel method of target feature extraction that in one
form attempts to reduce variability inherent in target signatures and in a second form …

Target recognition for multi-aspect SAR images with fusion strategies

RH Huan, Y Pan - Progress In Electromagnetics Research, 2013 - jpier.org
Two fusion strategies for target recognition using multi-aspect synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
images are presented for recognizing ground vehicles in MSTAR database. Due to radar …