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A FFT-Based Millimeter-Wave Imaging Algorithm with Range Compensation for Near-Field MIMO-SAR

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In this article, an improved fast Fourier transform (FFT)–based millimeter-wave imaging algorithm with range compensation is presented, which can be used to reconstruct 3D images for near-field multiple-input multiple-output synthetic aperture radar (MIMO-SAR). The frequency-domain interpolation is avoided and only one-step spherical-wave decomposition is employed in this algorithm. During the image reconstruction process, the amplitude factor is considered for the compensation of signal propagation loss, and the final target image can be obtained by FFT/IFFT and coherent accumulation steps. As demonstrated with numerical theoretical analysis and experimental results, the proposed method greatly reduces the computational load but ensures the quality of image reconstruction compared to the back-projection (BP) algorithm. Moreover, it is superior to the MIMO-range migration algorithm (MIMO-RMA) in compensating propagation loss and other performance indexes in the image reconstruction results.

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61871386, No. 62035014, and No. 61921001)

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Chen, X., Yang, Q., Deng, B. et al. A FFT-Based Millimeter-Wave Imaging Algorithm with Range Compensation for Near-Field MIMO-SAR. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 42, 391–408 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-021-00786-7

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