The polar format algorithm (PFA) for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image formation utilizes a first-order Taylor approximation of the differential range to improve computational efficiency, leading to image distortion and defocus. Limiting scene size by bounding the second-order Taylor series terms can restrict the impact of these errors, or alternatively, one may correct for these errors through spatially-variant filtering in post processing. In this letter we analyze the increase in allowable scene size that is realized through such processing.


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    Title :

    Scene Size Bounds for PFA Imaging with Postfiltering


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    Publication date :

    2013-04-01


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    11671360 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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