Multi-aspect target detection in SAR imagery using hidden Markov models

Paul Runkle, Lam Nguyen, Gary Ybarra, Lawrence Carin

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Abstract

It is well known that radar scattering from an illuminated object is often dependent on target-sensor orientation. In typical synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, such aspect dependence is lost during image formation. We apply a sequence of directional filters to the SAR imagery to generate a sequence of images which recover the directional dependence over a corresponding sequence of subapertures. The scattering statistics associated with geometrically distinct target-sensor orientations are then used to design a hidden Markov model (HMM) for the target class. This approach explicitly incorporates the sensor motion into the model and accounts for the fact that the orientation of the target is assumed to be unknown. Performance is quantified by considering the detection of tactical targets concealed in foliage.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)214-223
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume3721
StatePublished - Jan 1 1999
Externally publishedYes

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