Three-dimensional underwater acoustical imaging and processing

Acoustic imaging is an active research field that aims to study techniques for the formation and processing of images generated by raw signals acquired by an acoustic system [1]. Our purpose is to present a brief survey concerning the generation and processing of acoustic images for underwater applications [2,3], especially focusing on algorithms for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging. Like optical systems, acoustic systems can generate an image by processing the waves backscattered from the objects of a scene. The relative ease of measuring the timeof-flight of an acoustic signal makes it possible to generate not only acoustic 2-D images similar to optical ones but also range estimates that can be used to produce a real 3-D map.

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