Open AccessA Multi-Angle MIMO-SAR Fusion Imaging Method Based on Improved Range Migration Algorithm and Improved Geographic Information Scale Invariant Feature Transform Algorithm
Author(s) -
Fang Zhou,
Zhikuan Jiao,
Guoqing Shen,
Mengdao Xing,
Marina Gashinova
Publication year - 2025
Publication title -
ieee journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Magazines
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.246
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 2151-1535
pISSN - 1939-1404
DOI - 10.1109/jstars.2025.3573950
Subject(s) - geoscience , signal processing and analysis , power, energy and industry applications
In order to resolve the conflict between high pulse repetition frequency (PRF) and wide-swath imaging in multi-angle synthetic aperture radar (SAR), a multi-angle imaging model combined with multiple-input multiple-output synthetic aperture radar (MIMO-SAR) is proposed. The model utilizes more freedom in azimuth degrees provided by MIMO-SAR to remove azimuth ambiguity caused by low PRF, and successfully solves that contradiction. At the same time, considering the problem of low utilization of spectrum in multi-angle imaging SAR, an improved range migration algorithm (ImRMA) is proposed, which can effectively increase the utilization of the spectrum for data processing. Finally, an improved method of geographic information-scale invariant feature transform (ImGI-SIFT) is used to achieve the efficiency fusion of multi-angle imaging results. Simulation and real data experiments show that the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed imaging method, and the precision of the proposed fusion method.