A real-time back projection imaging algorithm for impulse surface penetrating radar

A real-time recursive back projection (BP) imaging algorithm is presented in this paper. Real time imaging is an intense demand but a challenging task in impulse surface penetrating radar (ImpSPR)'s application. Based on 'delay-sum' operation in time domain, BP imaging algorithm can precisely focus the scattering intensity and obtain high quality subsurface profile. But it's heavy computation burden restricts it's application in ImpSPR's real-time processing. By minutely analyzing it's procedure, a recursive model of BP imaging algorithm is established and real-time BP imaging algorithm is educed subsequently. The computation complexity of both non real time BP imaging algorithm and real time BP imaging algorithm are analyzed. Through processing the experimental data obtained by a ImpSPR system- RadarEye, the imaging algorithm validates its capability at the aspect of ImpSPR's real time processing.

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