High-Resolution Bistatic ISAR Image Formation for High-Speed and Complex-Motion Targets

The existing bistatic inverse synthetic aperture radar (Bi-ISAR) imaging methods usually uses a “stop-and-go” assumption where the target can be considered not in motion (stop condition) during the fast-time and in motion (go condition) during the slow time. However, for the high-speed target, this assumption is violated; furthermore, the conventional compression via Fourier transform is also invalid due to the quadratic phase term induced by the high-speed motion. In this case, a range compression method using the fractional Fourier transform (FrFT) based on minimum entropy criterion is presented to obtain high-resolution one-dimensional (1-D) range profile. Moreover, to achieve azimuth focusing for the complex-motion target, a new method of imaging time selection based on frequency smooth degree (FSD) is proposed. Simulated and real data are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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