title: Slant plane CSAR processing using Householder transform.
abstract: Fourier analysis-based focusing of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data collected during circular flight path is a recent advancement in SAR signal processing. This paper uses the Householder transform to obtain a ground plane circular SAR (CSAR) signal phase history from the slant plane CSAR phase history by inverting the linear shift-varying system model, thereby circumventing the need for explicitly computing a pseudo-inverse. The Householder transform has recently been shown to have improved error bounds and stability as an underdetermined and ill-conditioned system solver, and the Householder transform is computationally efficient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga 30332, USA. jehanzeb.ahmad@gatech.edu
authors.forename: Jehanzeb
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burki
authors.forename: Christopher F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D011825:Radar; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity