Margaret Cheney and Brett Borden 2003 Inverse Problems 19 173 doi:10.1088/0266-5611/19/1/310
Margaret Cheney1 and Brett Borden2
Show affiliationsWe consider the problem of all-weather identification of airborne targets. We show that structural elements of the target correspond to identifiable features of the radar data. Our approach is based on high-frequency scattering methods but is not limited to the standard weak-scatterer approximation: we also analyse multiple scattering and structural dispersion (situations normally interpreted in terms of poorly behaved image 'artifacts'). This work suggests a method for target identification that circumvents the need to create an intermediate radar image from which the object's characteristics are to be extracted. As such, this scheme may be applicable to efficient machine-based radar identification programmes.
Issue 1 (February 2003)
Received 9 May 2002, in final form 23 October 2002
Published 10 January 2003
Margaret Cheney and Brett Borden 2003 Inverse Problems 19 173
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