联合稀疏约束的双通道星载SAR图像重建

摘 要：针对提高星载SAR图像质量的问题,研究双通道星载SAR图像重建模型。由目标散射中心理论和后向散射特性分析,得出SAR图像具有稀疏特性,并且能够用确定性稀疏先验约束表达。将稀疏特性先验从单幅机载SAR图像处理问题中推广引入到两幅星载SAR图像重建问题中,提出基于散射中心稀疏和强散射梯度的双通道正则化重建模型,并采用椭圆抛物面模型估计重建中的降质矩阵,用双下降求解方法求解重建模型。并用Cosmo-SkyMed数据进行了实验验证。实验表明,该重建模型能够提高SAR图像的距离向和方位向分辨率,改善图像质量,提高解译能力。     

单视SAR图像相干斑回波的特征分析与统计

高分辨率合成孔径雷达的相干斑是由雷达信号的干性引起的，并存在于所有相干图像中。根据SAR成橡机理，分析了产生的原因特征，给出了SAR相干斑的确切定义、统计方法。实验表明统计结果与传统方法相比更加精确。     

SAR图像多尺度积增强的目标检测算法

合成孔径雷达（SAR）成像系统的热噪声和海杂波严重影响SAR图像自动目标检测的性能,去噪和均匀背景杂波是提高SAR图像目标检测性能的重要课题。根据SAR图像噪声功率一般存在于信号小尺度,没有跨尺度特征,而目标信号的边缘具有跨尺度的特点,本文提出了一种多尺度积信号增强和去噪的SAR图像船舰目标检测算法。本算法对SAR图像进行小波变换,应用多尺度积在小波域增强SAR图像船舰信号和均匀背景杂波,再对SAR图像进行目标检测。ERS SAR图像用于验证本文算法。仿真实验结果表明,新算法同传统的双参数CFAR检测算法、基于K-分布背景杂波的检测算法以及基于小波软阈值增强的检测算法相比,在虚警数和品质因数性能指标上均优于后几种检测算法。     

SAR辐射定标中的地物杂波抑制方法

研究了SAR有源编码辐射定标技术,提出了通过移相器进行方位信号编码,通过混频器进行距离信号调频斜率反向的地物杂波抑制方法;采用RD成像算法获得了分布目标的图像,完成了不同分布和强度的地物杂波与定标参考目标的仿真图像,并采用峰值方法对SAR辐射定标精度进行了定量研究。实验结果证明有源编码辐射定标技术能够有效地抑制地物杂波的影响,提高SAR辐射定标精度。     

Reduced-Dimensional Processing for Ground Moving Target Detection in Distributed Space-Based Radar

With multisatellite radar systems, several additional features are achieved: multistatic observation, interferometry, ground moving target indication (GMTI). In this letter, a new reduced-dimensional method based on joint pixels sum-difference (Sigma-Delta) data for clutter rejection and GMTI is proposed. The reduced-dimensional joint pixels Sigma-Delta data are obtained by the orthogonal projection of the joint pixels data of different synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images generated by a multisatellite radar system. In the sense of statistic expectation, the joint pixels Sigma-Delta data contain the common and different information among SAR images. Then, the objective of clutter cancellation and GMTI can be achieved by adaptive processing. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method even with clutter fluctuation and image coregistration errors     

一种多孔径SAR图像目标检测方法

提出了一种多孔径SAR图像目标检测方法,充分利用SAR图像幅度和相位信息来区分人造目标和杂波。由于人造目标的回波能量往往集中在部分方位角范围内,当该部分方位角范围所对应的多个子孔径图像中存在目标时,其局部相关性较强,因此,该方法利用多个子孔径图像之间的相干系数检测目标。实验结果表明,该方法有效地提高了目标检测概率,同时降低了虚警概率。     

Unambiguous SAR signal reconstruction from nonuniform displaced phase center sampling

The displaced phase center (DPC) technique will enable a wide-swath synthetic aperture radar (SAR) with high azimuth resolution. In a classic DPC system, the pulse repetition frequency (PRF) has to be chosen such that the SAR carrier moves just one half of its antenna length between subsequent radar pulses. Any deviation from this PRF will result in a nonuniform sampling of the synthetic aperture. This letter derives an innovative reconstruction algorithm and shows that an unambiguous reconstruction of a SAR signal is possible for nonuniform sampling of the synthetic aperture. This algorithm will also have great potential for multistatic satellite constellations as well as the dual receive antenna mode in Radarsat 2 and TerraSAR-X.     

基于à trous小波分解的SAR图像噪声滤除方法

合成孔径雷达(SAR)以其特有的全天时、全天候成像能力,在对地观测领域中发挥着重要的作用。由于雷达回波的相干性,SAR图像上存在着斑点噪声,为消除这种噪声,提出了一种基于à trous小波算法的组合滤波方法,该方法首先将SAR图像分解至静态小波域,然后对噪声的小波系数进行基于中值的平滑处理,最后对低频信号进行均值滤波。将此算法应用于新疆库车县的一幅RADARSAT图像进行斑点噪声滤波,并与另外3种典型的SAR图像滤波算法进行比较,结果表明,该方法不仅可以有效地去除斑点噪声,并且可以保持SAR图像的精细纹理结构。     

几何失真对SAR图像匹配的影响及校正方法分析

合成孔径雷达SAR用于图像匹配导航系统,可大大提高导航精度。然而地形起伏和大气干扰等因素使得SAR实时图存在几何失真,降低了匹配性能。通过对SAR实时图几何失真成因分析,提出了一种二维可分离的几何校正方法,并得出方位向几何失真可跟随成像处理预先校正,图像后处理只需校正距离向。利用数字高程模型DEM和正射图模拟得到了3幅具有不同地形特征的SAR实时图,并分别利用3种几何校正方法对其进行统计实验,得到了不同地形SAR实时图几何校正方法选取的准则。     

极化SAR图像中非平稳目标的检测与区分方法研究

在合成孔径雷达(SAR)极化测量中,通常认为雷达视角相对于目标是不变的。然而实际上SAR通常具有较宽的方位向波束,在孔径合成过程中,所成的全分辨率SAR图像包含多个斜视角下的目标回波。极化参数的子孔径分析可以用来对成像过程表现出非平稳散射行为的媒质进行检测。本文提出了一套基于子孔径分解和对散射矩阵及参数进行统计分析的方法,来检测两类非平稳目标。仿真结果表明,这种方法具有较好的非平稳目标检测和区分性能。     

SAR Image Segmentation Based on Level Set With Stationary Global Minimum

In this letter, we propose a new level-set-based energy functional for the purpose of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image segmentation into Gamma homogeneous regions. The segmentation of SAR images is a difficult problem due to the presence of speckles, which can be modeled as strong multiplicative noise. Our proposed energy functional is designed to get a stationary global minimum. As a result, the level set function that evolves by the Euler–Lagrange equation of the energy functional has a unique stationary convergence state. Moreover, it is easy to set a termination criterion on the curve evolution via a level set by using our energy functional. The experimental results on both synthetic and real SAR images demonstrate the effectiveness of our method.      

A Keystone Transform Without Interpolation for SAR Ground Moving-Target Imaging

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image formation for a ground moving target necessitates the compensation of the unknown target trajectory. The keystone transform has been employed to remove the linear component of the range migration for the moving target, where interpolation is required. In this letter, a realization of the keystone transform avoiding interpolation is presented. The kernel of this transform, i.e., the range-frequency-dependent azimuth time rescaling, is implemented using only complex multiplications and fast Fourier transforms based on the scaling principle, which has been successfully applied in the equalization of the space-variant range cell migration in SAR processing. In addition, the moving target is coarsely focused according to the SAR geometry and the platform velocity while exploiting the scaling principle. This preliminary focusing is helpful in the isolation of the moving target from ground clutter, so as to facilitate a more refined processing with respect to each mover. SAR raw data combined with simulated echoes of moving targets are utilized to validate the presented approach     

SAR image despeckling with a multilayer perceptron neural network

Speckle noise in synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) images severely hinders remote sensing applications; therefore, the appropriate removal of speckle noise is crucial. This paper elaborates on the multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural-network model for SAR image despeckling by using a time series of SAR images. Unlike other filtering methods that use only a single radar intensity image to derive their parameters and filter that single image, this method can be trained using archived images over an area of interest to self-learn the intensity characteristics of image patches and then adaptively determine the weights and thresholds by using a neural network for image despeckling. Several hidden layers are designed for feedforward network training, and back-propagation stochastic gradient descent is adopted to reduce the error between the target output and neural-network output. The parameters in the network are automatically updated in the training process. The greatest advantage of MLP is that once the despeckling parameters are determined, they can be used to process not only new images in the same area but also images in completely different locations. Tests with images from TerraSAR-X in selected areas indicated that MLP shows satisfactory performance with respect to noise reduction and edge preservation. The overall image quality obtained using MLP was markedly higher than that obtained using numerous other filters. In comparison with other recently developed filters, this method yields a slightly higher image quality, and it demonstrates the powerful capabilities of computer learning using SAR images, which indicate the promising prospect of applying MLP to SAR image despeckling.     

相位误差、位置误差和灰度误差三者关系及SAR原始图像像元不确定性

由于SAR遥感的独特优势，使它得到了广泛的应用。因此，对SAR图像的不确定性研究也越来越必要和迫切了。针对数据分析方法的不足，该文着重从机理的角度探讨SAR原始像元的不确定性。相位误差、位置误差和灰度误差三者关系、各种误差分类和综合以及这些误差对SAR原始像元不确定性作用等问题往往是困扰从机理角度对SAR图像不确定性研究的主要障碍，该文重点讨论这些问题。     

相位误差、位置误差和灰度误差三者关系及SAR原始图像像元不确定性

由于SAR遥感的独特优势，使它得到了广泛的应用。因此，对SAR图像的不确定性研究也越来越必要和迫切了。针对数据分析方法的不足，该文着重从机理的角度探讨SAR原始像元的不确定性。相位误差、位置误差和灰度误差三者关系、各种误差分类和综合以及这些误差对SAR原始像元不确定性作用等问题往往是困扰从机理角度对SAR图像不确定性研究的主要障碍，该文重点讨论这些问题。     

双通道SAR振动目标快速检测

目标的振动会对雷达回波产生特殊的相位调制,称为微多普勒效应,能够提供对微动目标检测的有利信息,因此对提高SAR(Synthetic Aperture Radar)系统性能具有重要意义。然而,已有的检测算法存在运算量大、抗杂波噪声能力弱和无法适应多振动目标等问题。针对这些问题,本文提出一种对振动目标检测的新算法。该算法利用相位中心天线偏置DPCA(Displaced Phase Center Antenna )对消技术消除杂波,并沿方位向累加DPCA信号来提高算法的抗噪声能力。由于振动目标SAR方位回波的频谱与脉冲序列具有高度相似性,本文算法选择了检测重复脉冲序列的脉冲重复频率PRI(Pulse Repetition Interval )变换法来实现振动目标的检测。仿真实验表明,本文算法能够在强杂波噪声条件下检测振动目标,同时具有准确振动频率估计性能,甚至当同一个单元存在多个振动目标时,本文算法依然适用。仿真中振动目标检测的计算机运行总时间不超过0.6 s,说明本文算法适用于实时检测,通过与GLRT算法和Hough变换算法运算量的比较,证明了本文算法相比于经典算法具有运算量小,检测速度快的优点。     

基于最小二乘平差的全极化SAR配准偏移量估计方法

全极化合成孔径雷达影像(PolSAR)相对单极化SAR影像有更加丰富的地表信息。为了提高SAR影像偏移量跟踪技术估算偏移量的精度,提出一种基于最小二乘平差法的全极化SAR数据偏移量估计方法。首先利用全极化SAR不同极化通道数据估算偏移量得到多个观测值,然后通过最小二乘平差法对多余观测值循环剔除粗差得到最优偏移量。文中选取美国科罗拉多州湖城(Lake city)区域的两景JPL无人机UAVSAR全极化SAR影像进行实验,结果表明,文中新方法具有良好的粗差探测和去除功能,相对于已有研究结果,在方位向和距离向的偏移量估算精度都有明显提高,达到15%~25%。新方法提高了偏移量跟踪估算偏移量的精度,这对利用偏移量跟踪技术监测滑坡、地震及冰川等有重要的意义。     

非下采样Contourlet域的ICA法SAR图像相干斑抑制

相干斑是SAR图像固有信息,也是SAR图像处理研究的重要方面之一.将非下采样Contourlet变换和统计信号处理中的独立分量分析相结合进行斑点抑制.对SAR图像进行非下采样金字塔和非下采样方向性滤波器组分解,在分解得到的非下采样Contourlet变换域利用扩展Infomax算法分离SAR图像斑点噪声.实验结果表明,...     

InSAR干涉像对的方位向频谱滤波

干涉图的质量是影响InSAR数据处理结果的重要因素。根据干涉图中噪声的不同来源,重点分析了在重复轨道干涉测量模式下,主辅影像多普勒中心频率不一致的成因及其对干涉图的影响。利用SAR影像方位向频谱的特点,在影像上检测得到了多普勒中心频率。并推导了方位向频谱预滤波函数的具体形式。针对ERS数据的实验证明:文中的算法能有效消除主辅影像方位向频谱包络的差异,提高干涉像对的相干性,改善干涉图质量。     

余弦调相散射波干扰对SAR双通道对消干扰抑制的影响

作为多通道合成孔径雷达(SAR)的一种高效便捷的抗干扰方法,SAR多通道对消技术可有效抑制包括散射波干扰在内的多种干扰类型,于是提出采用方位向余弦调相散射波干扰方法来对抗SAR双通道对消的干扰抑制能力。该方法通过对传统散射波干扰慢时间域进行余弦调相,不仅实现了干扰信号的方位向扩展,更使得干扰信号到达各通道之间的相位关系发生严重改变。这种相位差变化会影响干扰对消过程中的自动相位搜索环节,扰乱对消时所需补偿相位的估计结果,进而严重破坏对消后的真实场景成像。以SAR双通道对消系统为例分析了该干扰方法的影响效果,理论分析与实验结果表明:余弦调相散射波干扰可使得补偿相位的估计结果在慢时间上近似正弦分布;在双通道对消成像中,该干扰使得真实场景在方位向上被重复搬移,造成严重的影像重叠,同时在方位向上伴随着密集的明暗条纹;干扰效果可通过设定余弦调制频率、调制指数等参数进行控制。