Moving target inverse synthetic aperture radar image resolution enhancement based on two‐dimensional block sparse signal reconstruction

Abstract To achieve the high‐resolution inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging of moving targets, the range Doppler method and compressed sensing technique can be used. However, those methods are generally faced with the problem of migration through range cells and basis mismatch problems,...

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Main Authors: Xingyu He, Ningning Tong, Tao Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-11-01
Series:IET Image Processing
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/ipr2.12310
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Ningning Tong
Tao Liu
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Tao Liu
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description Abstract To achieve the high‐resolution inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging of moving targets, the range Doppler method and compressed sensing technique can be used. However, those methods are generally faced with the problem of migration through range cells and basis mismatch problems, and the imaging results can be improved. To solve these problems and improve the image quality, the problem of ISAR imaging is termed as a block‐sparse signal recovery problem by utilizing the block‐sparse structure of the ISAR images. A localized low‐rank promoting (LLP) method is introduced and extended to the complex case for the recovery of range compressed block‐sparse signals. The sparse recovery problem is solved by minimizing another function, which is the surrogate function that can be solved more effectively. Based on the LLP method, the coefficients of the range compressed echo signal are reconstructed and some 2 × 2 matrices can be obtained. And then the log‐determinant function is introduced to find the low rankness solutions for these matrices. Then the LLP method is also used in the cross‐range domain to reconstruct the ISAR image. Experimental results show that the proposed method can recover better focused and higher quality ISAR images compared with the traditional methods.
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spelling doaj.art-12d00b462ca7434180d4b5fb88f5855c2023-02-21T11:57:05ZengWileyIET Image Processing1751-96591751-96672021-11-0115133153315910.1049/ipr2.12310Moving target inverse synthetic aperture radar image resolution enhancement based on two‐dimensional block sparse signal reconstructionXingyu He0Ningning Tong1Tao Liu2Air Traffic Control and Navigation College Air Force Engineering University Xi'an Shaanxi People's Republic of ChinaAir and Missile Defense College Air Force Engineering University Xi'an Shaanxi People's Republic of ChinaTeaching and Research Guarantee Center Air Force Engineering University Xi'an Shaanxi People's Republic of ChinaAbstract To achieve the high‐resolution inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging of moving targets, the range Doppler method and compressed sensing technique can be used. However, those methods are generally faced with the problem of migration through range cells and basis mismatch problems, and the imaging results can be improved. To solve these problems and improve the image quality, the problem of ISAR imaging is termed as a block‐sparse signal recovery problem by utilizing the block‐sparse structure of the ISAR images. A localized low‐rank promoting (LLP) method is introduced and extended to the complex case for the recovery of range compressed block‐sparse signals. The sparse recovery problem is solved by minimizing another function, which is the surrogate function that can be solved more effectively. Based on the LLP method, the coefficients of the range compressed echo signal are reconstructed and some 2 × 2 matrices can be obtained. And then the log‐determinant function is introduced to find the low rankness solutions for these matrices. Then the LLP method is also used in the cross‐range domain to reconstruct the ISAR image. Experimental results show that the proposed method can recover better focused and higher quality ISAR images compared with the traditional methods.https://doi.org/10.1049/ipr2.12310Image and video codingRadar equipment, systems and applicationsOptimisation techniquesInterpolation and function approximation (numerical analysis)
spellingShingle Xingyu He
Ningning Tong
Tao Liu
Moving target inverse synthetic aperture radar image resolution enhancement based on two‐dimensional block sparse signal reconstruction
IET Image Processing
Image and video coding
Radar equipment, systems and applications
Optimisation techniques
Interpolation and function approximation (numerical analysis)
title Moving target inverse synthetic aperture radar image resolution enhancement based on two‐dimensional block sparse signal reconstruction
title_full Moving target inverse synthetic aperture radar image resolution enhancement based on two‐dimensional block sparse signal reconstruction
title_fullStr Moving target inverse synthetic aperture radar image resolution enhancement based on two‐dimensional block sparse signal reconstruction
title_full_unstemmed Moving target inverse synthetic aperture radar image resolution enhancement based on two‐dimensional block sparse signal reconstruction
title_short Moving target inverse synthetic aperture radar image resolution enhancement based on two‐dimensional block sparse signal reconstruction
title_sort moving target inverse synthetic aperture radar image resolution enhancement based on two dimensional block sparse signal reconstruction
topic Image and video coding
Radar equipment, systems and applications
Optimisation techniques
Interpolation and function approximation (numerical analysis)
url https://doi.org/10.1049/ipr2.12310
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