Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Processing

Author: Mattel
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image processing is an emerging discipline that has developed in recent years. It is an important field for the development of the national economy and national defense construction today. It involves the physical mechanisms of radar imaging, the mathematical characteristics of radar data, various advanced image processing technologies, and the specific properties of its application domains (such as cartography, sea state monitoring, etc.). This book systematically discusses the essential principles and techniques of SAR image processing. First, it explains the fundamental knowledge of physical phenomena and material interactions under radiation, as well as the basic knowledge of radar operation and its supporting platforms. Then, it discusses mathematical models that describe radar signals with highly specialized properties in a statistical sense, along with some useful properties. Finally, it elaborates on specialized image processing methods required in applications, including detection, recognition, classification, and interpretation. This book is both a monograph on a cutting-edge discipline and a textbook used by graduate students in related fields in France in recent years. It can serve as a textbook or reference for graduate students in fields such as signal and image processing, radar signal processing, and remote sensing information processing at universities and colleges. It can also be used as an introductory book for technical personnel engaged in related work in these fields.