Efficient Near-Field Imaging Using Cylindrical MIMO Arrays

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) array based millimeter-wave (MMW) imaging has a tangible prospect in applications of concealed weapons detection. A near-field imaging algorithm based on wavenumber domain processing is proposed for a cylindrical MIMO array scheme with uniformly spaced transmit and receive antennas over both the vertical and horizontal-arc directions. The spectrum aliasing associated with the proposed MIMO array is analyzed through a zerofilling discrete-time Fourier transform. The analysis shows that an undersampled array can be used in recovering the MMW image by a wavenumber domain algorithm. The requirements for the antenna inter-element spacing of the MIMO array are delineated. Numerical simulations as well as comparisons with the backprojection (BP) algorithm are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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