Accession Number:

ADA582314

Title:

Imaging Moving Objects from Multiply Scattered Waves and Multiple Sensors

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SENSORS DIR

Personal Author(s):

• Miranda, Analee
• Cheney, Margaret

Report Date:

2013-04-18

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

In this paper, we develop a linearized imaging theory that combines the spatial, temporal and spectral components of multiply scattered waves as they scatter from moving objects. In particular, we consider the case of multiple fixed sensors transmitting and receiving information from multiply scattered waves. We use a priori information about the multipath background. We use a simple model for multiple scattering, namely scattering from a fixed, perfectly reflecting mirror plane. We base our image reconstruction and velocity estimation technique on a modification of a filtered backprojection method that produces a phase-space image. We plot examples of point-spread functions for different geometries and waveforms, and from these plots, we estimate the resolution in space and velocity. Through this analysis, we are able to identify how the imaging system depends on parameters such as bandwidth and number of sensors. We ultimately show that enhanced phase-space resolution for a distribution of moving and stationary targets in a multipath environment may be achieved using multiple sensors.

Descriptors:

• *IMAGES
• *SCATTERING
• *WAVES
• IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION
• INVERSE PROBLEMS
• MOVING TARGETS
• MULTIPATH TRANSMISSION
• MULTISENSORS
• REFLECTION

Subject Categories:

• Miscellaneous Detection and Detectors

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE