Two Underwater Examples of Imaging by Multi-Look Synthesis

We point out that images obtained with both systems don’t show any speckle patterns in the area where the redundancy is significant. Therefore, contrast and visibility of relatively small targets is enhanced. Non coherent imaging technique seems to be a promising technique for those who are interested in obtained high resolution imaging at low computational expense. It offers also good prospects in term of mapping rates. Our goal is now to implement this multi-look technique in a real time mapping tool.

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