Automatic target recognition using enhanced resolution SAR data |
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Authors: | Novak LM Owirka GJ Weaver AL |
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Institution: | Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA; |
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Abstract: | Using advanced technology, a new automatic target recognition (ATR) system has been developed that provides significantly improved target recognition performance compared with ATR systems that use conventional synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image-processing techniques. This significant improvement in target recognition performance is achieved by using a new superresolution image-processing technique that enhances SAR image resolution (and image quality) prior to performing target recognition. A computationally efficient two-level implementation of a template-based classifier is used to perform target recognition. The improvement in target recognition performance achieved using superresolution image processing in this new ATR system is quantified |
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