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48 results for radar imaging

RETR improves indoor radar perception with a novel transformer model.

problem Indoor radar perception lacks models tailored for multi-view radar settings.
method RETR extends DETR architecture with depth-prioritized feature similarity, tri-plane loss, and radar-to-camera transformation.
result RETR outperforms state-of-the-art methods by 15.38+ AP for object detection and 11.91+ IoU for instance segmentation.

RADAR uses diffusion models to detect anomalies without reconstruction, improving accuracy and efficiency.

problem Challenges in anomaly detection and segmentation, especially in real-time applications.
method RADAR uses attention-based diffusion models to directly produce anomaly maps from the diffusion process, bypassing reconstruction.
result RADAR improves F1 score by 7% on MVTec-AD and 13% on 3D-printed material compared to state-of-the-art methods.

While camera and LiDAR processing have been revolutionized since the introduction of deep learning, radar processing still relies on classical tools. In this paper, we introduce a deep learning approach for radar processing, working directly with the radar complex data. To overcome the lack of radar labeled data, we re…

2019-06-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper tackles anomaly detection in SAR images without labeled data.

problem Anomaly detection in SAR images with speckle noise and spatial correlation issues.
method Self-supervised deep learning approach: despeckling, adversarial autoencoder, change detection.
result Method outperforms conventional algorithms in detecting anomalies in SAR images.

Bayesian fusion improves radar target recognition for UAVs.

problem Improving radar target recognition for UAVs using multistatic radar configurations.
method Proposes a fully Bayesian RATR framework using Optimal Bayesian Fusion (OBF) to aggregate classification probability vectors from multiple radars.
result Empirical results show that the OBF method significantly enhances classification accuracy compared to other fusion methods and single radar configurations.

Robust detection and tracking of objects is crucial for the deployment of autonomous vehicle technology. Image based benchmark datasets have driven development in computer vision tasks such as object detection, tracking and segmentation of agents in the environment. Most autonomous vehicles, however, carry a combinatio…

2019-03-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper uses VAEs to detect radar targets in complex noise.

problem Detecting radar targets in compound clutter and thermal noise.
method Proposes a VAE architecture to distinguish radar targets from various noise types.
result The VAE outperforms classical detectors in challenging noise conditions.

For many automated driving functions, a highly accurate perception of the vehicle environment is a crucial prerequisite. Modern high-resolution radar sensors generate multiple radar targets per object, which makes these sensors particularly suitable for the 2D object detection task. This work presents an approach to de…

2019-04-17abs ↗pdf ↗

DeepHybrid uses radar data to classify objects accurately.

problem Challenges in classifying objects using automotive radar sensors.
method Combines radar signal processing and Deep Learning; uses neural architecture search.
result Improves object classification performance compared to models using only spectra.

Sparse point observations can provide useful local constraints, but their benefit for radar-like fields depends on the training loss, uncertainty representation, and how observation support is encoded in the model.

problem Improving dense radar-field forecasts with sparse point observations
method A multimodal graph neural network nowcasting system over the Nordic radar domain
result Each source improves a different part of the forecast problem

Optimal joint separation condition for radar and communications channels in dual-blind deconvolution.

problem Recovering information from overlaid radar and communications signals with unknown channels.
method Extremal functions from Beurling-Selberg interpolation theory for joint separation, nuclear norm minimization for matrix retrieval, and MUSIC for parameter estimation.
result Guaranteed well-conditioned Vandermonde matrix for MUSIC, validating theoretical findings.

High-resolution nowcasting is an essential tool needed for effective adaptation to climate change, particularly for extreme weather. As Deep Learning (DL) techniques have shown dramatic promise in many domains, including the geosciences, we present an application of DL to the problem of precipitation nowcasting, i.e., …

2019-12-11abs ↗pdf ↗

New method recovers radar and communication signals from overlaid data.

problem Recover radar and communication signals from overlaid data with unknown parameters.
method Propose minimizing the sum of multivariate atomic norms (SoMAN) for multi-antenna receiver.
result Minimum number of samples and antennas required for perfect recovery is logarithmically dependent on the maximum of radar targets and communications paths.

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) imagery for estimating ground movement, based on microwaves reflected off ground targets is gaining increasing importance in remote sensing. However, noise corrupts microwave reflections received at satellite and contaminates the signal's wrapped phase. We introduce Conv…

2020-01-20abs ↗pdf ↗

In radar systems, unimodular (or constant-modulus) waveform design plays an important role in achieving better clutter/interference rejection, as well as a more accurate estimation of the target parameters. The design of such sequences has been studied widely in the last few decades, with most design algorithms requiri…

2019-12-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR) images are establishing as an important source of information in remote sensing applications. The most complete format this type of imaging produces consists of complex-valued Hermitian matrices in every image coordinate and, as such, their visualization is challenging. Th…

2012-07-03abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper reviews radar-based nowcasting techniques for short-term weather predictions.

problem Short-term weather predictions for adverse events like heavy rain and flooding.
method Analysis of existing radar-based nowcasting techniques and machine learning approaches.
result New partnerships between environmental science and machine learning can improve nowcasting.

Generative adversarial networks generate realistic, time-evolving high-resolution atmospheric fields.

problem Improving spatial resolution of low-resolution atmospheric images.
method Recurrent, stochastic super-resolution GAN for generating ensembles of time-evolving high-resolution atmospheric fields.
result The GAN produces realistic, temporally consistent super-resolution sequences for radar-measured precipitation and cloud optical thickness.

Study on deep learning for speckle noise reduction in imaging modalities.

problem Multiplicative speckle noise challenges conventional deep learning methods for speckle denoising.
method Likelihood-based deep neural network (DNN) estimators for nonparametric regression under speckle noise.
result Established minimax rates for speckle denoising, matching those for additive Gaussian noise alone.

mmFall detects falls using mmWave radar and a hybrid VRAE, achieving high accuracy.

problem Detecting falls accurately and privately using mmWave radar.
method Uses mmWave radar for body point cloud and centroid, combined with a hybrid VRAE for anomaly detection.
result Achieves 98% fall detection with 2 false alarms out of 50 falls.

Develops a deep generative model for radar target recognition using HRRP data.

problem Automatic target recognition in radar systems using high-resolution range profiles.
method Recurrent gamma belief network (rGBN) with hybrid stochastic-gradient MCMC and variational inference.
result Efficient and accurate classification with interpretable latent structure.

In this contribution, we present a novel approach for segmenting laser radar (lidar) imagery into geometric time-height cloud locations with a fully convolutional network (FCN). We describe a semi-supervised learning method to train the FCN by: pre-training the classification layers of the FCN with image-level annotati…

2018-05-02abs ↗pdf ↗

A fast method for estimating radar amplitude density parameters.

problem Accurate estimation of amplitude density function parameters in radar applications.
method Projecting amplitude data onto horizontal and vertical axes, then using MLE for α\alpha-stale distribution parameters.
result The average of computed MLEs based on two projections is a fast and accurate estimator for amplitude distribution parameters.

The paper introduces new geometric methods to analyze radar electromagnetic wave statistics.

problem Analyzing spatio-temporal and polarimetric fluctuations of radar electromagnetic waves.
method Using statistical mechanics and Information Geometry, the paper defines a Fréchet barycentre and maximum entropy density for radar measurements.
result New tools for describing radar electromagnetic wave fluctuations, including a distance on covariance matrices.

Direction of arrival (DoA) estimation of targets improves with the number of elements employed by a phased array radar antenna. Since larger arrays have high associated cost, area and computational load, there is recent interest in thinning the antenna arrays without loss of far-field DoA accuracy. In this context, a c…

2018-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Frequency estimation is a fundamental problem in signal processing, with applications in radar imaging, underwater acoustics, seismic imaging, and spectroscopy. The goal is to estimate the frequency of each component in a multisinusoidal signal from a finite number of noisy samples. A recent machine-learning approach u…

2019-06-03abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper improves land cover classification using global spatial features in CNN.

problem Limited classification accuracy and universality of traditional remote sensing image classification methods.
method Integrates global spatial features into a dual-branch CNN for hyperspectral/SAR imagery classification.
result The proposed method outperforms traditional single-channel CNN methods.

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) imagery based on microwaves reflected off ground targets is becoming increasingly important in remote sensing for ground movement estimation. However, the reflections are contaminated by noise, which distorts the signal's wrapped phase. Demarcation of image regions based…

2020-01-20abs ↗pdf ↗

New filters improve radar target inference in complex scenarios.

problem Improving radar target inference in highly non-linear system models.
method Developed inverse cubature Kalman filter (I-CKF), inverse quadrature Kalman filter (I-QKF), and inverse cubature-quadrature Kalman filter (I-CQKF) for non-linear systems.
result Numerical experiments show improved estimation accuracy compared to existing methods.