Microlocal analysis of SAR imaging of a dynamic reflectivity function
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 1288.35021
DOI: 10.1137/120873571
author: Raluca Felea
author: Romina Gaburro
author: Clifford J. Nolan
published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis
publication date: 2014-01-21T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35A27
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35S30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 15A29
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35A21
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35L02
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 32S05
zbMATH DE Number: 6248242
zbMATH Keywords: synthetic aperture radar imaging with moving targets
zbMATH Keywords: blow down singularities
zbMATH Keywords: reduction of artifacts
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
OpenAlex ID: W2039865728
title: Microlocal analysis of SAR imaging of a dynamic reflectivity function
review text: Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology provides essential optical information with minimum constrains, motivating researchers to study different questions and problems related to this technology. In this paper the authors are interested ``in four particular cases of SAR imaging with moving objects'', treating this problem from the microlocal point of view.NEWLINENEWLINEThe connection with this theory arises as the image can be described by a mathematical expression involving an operator \(F\) (forward operator) that is a Fourier integral operator and the normal operator \(F^*F\) and there are used microlocal methods to study the properties of the operator \(F\), in view of microlocally reduce the visual artifacts.NEWLINENEWLINEIndeed, ``by applying the backprojection operator \(F^*\) to data, artifacts appear in the reconstructed image'', but the authors show how to reduce the strength of the artifacts by applying a pseudodifferential operator \(Q\) to \(F\) before applying \(F^*\).NEWLINENEWLINEThis is an interesting perspective that shows the applicability of a so far abstract and rich theory as microlocal theory to down to earth problems.
reviewed by: Ana Rita Martins
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