Radar Target Detection Using Target Features and Artificial Intelligence

A new type of radar target detection approach based on target features and artificial intelligence techniques is proposed and investigated in this work. Traditional radar target detection in clutter and interference is achieved by removing clutter and interference through filtering prior to target detection. The novel approach, keeping both targets and interferences, recognizes and detects targets using artificial intelligence techniques based on distinguishable target and interference features. The proposed approach is equally effective and more robust to environmental changes and could replace the traditional filtering-based detection methods for all radar platforms.