Publications about 'synthetic aperture sonar (SAS)'

Thesis

1. David W. Hawkins. Synthetic aperture imaging algorithms : with application to wide bandwidth sonar. PhD thesis, University of Canterbury. Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1996. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Azimuth Focusing, Autofocus, Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS, Sonar, Phase Gradient Autofocus, Stripmap, range-Doppler Algorithm, Chirp Scaling Algorithm, CSA, omega-k, Wavenumber Domain Algorithm. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]

Articles in journal or book chapters

1. Benjamin Thomas, Alan Hunter, and Samantha Dugelay. Phase Wrap Error Correction by Random Sample Consensus With Application to Synthetic Aperture Sonar Micronavigation. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, pp 1-15, 2020. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Time-Domain Back-Projection, TDBP, Delay effects, Synthetic aperture sonar, SAS, Estimation, Bandwidth, Synthetic aperture radar, Robustness, Phase unwrapping, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), time delay estimation. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



2. S. A. V. Synnes, A. J. Hunter, Roy E. Hansen, T. O. Saebo, H. J. Callow, R. van Vossen, and A. Austeng. Wideband Synthetic Aperture Sonar Backprojection With Maximization of Wave Number Domain Support. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 42(4):880-891, October 2017. Keyword(s): Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS, image filtering, image resolution, optimisation, sensor arrays, sonar imaging, synthetic aperture sonar, time-domain analysis, BP, SAS arrays, SAS image formation algorithms, TDBP access data, WD filtering, aspect-dependent scattering, data degradation, frequency-dependent scattering, generic SAS design, sensor data quality, spatial domain quality metrics, time domain backprojection access data, wave number domain counterpart, wave number domain support maximization, wideband SAS systems, wideband synthetic aperture sonar backprojection, widebeam synthetic aperture sonar backprojection, Image resolution, Imaging, Performance evaluation, Scattering, Sonar applications, Synthetic aperture sonar, Wideband, Along-track ambiguity, backprojection (BP) algorithm, grating lobes, synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), wideband sonar. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



3. Timothy M. Marston and Jermaine L. Kennedy. Volumetric Acoustic Imaging via Circular Multipass Aperture Synthesis. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 41(4):852-867, October 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, SAS Tomography, Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Circular SAR, Circular SAS, Apertures, Arrays, Navigation, Synthetic aperture radar, Synthetic aperture sonar, Tomography, Compressive sensing, multipass sonar, synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), tomography, volumetric imaging. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



4. T. G. Michael, B. Marchand, J. D. Tucker, T. M. Marston, D. D. Sternlicht, and M. R. Azimi-Sadjadi. Image-Based Automated Change Detection for Synthetic Aperture Sonar by Multistage Coregistration and Canonical Correlation Analysis. IEEE_J_OE, 41(3):592-612, July 2016. Keyword(s): backscatter, image registration, sonar imaging, synthetic aperture sonar, transforms, backscattered signals, canonical correlation analysis, image-based automated change detection, multistage coregistration, scale-invariant feature transform algorithm, scene coherence, Change detection algorithms, Coherence, Correlation, Navigation, Surges, Synthetic aperture sonar, Automated change detection, canonical correlation analysis (CCA), coherent change detection, coregistration, synthetic aperture sonar (SAS). [bibtex-entry]



5. Roy E. Hansen, A. P. Lyons, T. O. Saebo, H. J. Callow, and D. A. Cook. The Effect of Internal Wave-Related Features on Synthetic Aperture Sonar. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 40(3):621-631, July 2015. Keyword(s): Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS, autonomous underwater vehicles, bathymetry, oceanographic techniques, sonar imaging, synthetic aperture sonar, (AUV), CMRE, Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, Elba Island Italy, FFI, HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle, Kjeller Norway, La Spezia Italy, NATO research vessel, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, RV, SAS bathymetry, SAS imaging, acoustical ray model, bolus, interferometric synthetic aperture sonar, internal wave-related feature effect, moving target analysis, multiaperture processing, multilook processing, repeat pass imaging, seabed topography, sound-speed structure, water column, Geometry, Imaging, Interferometry, Shape, Surfaces, Synthetic aperture sonar, Internal waves, refraction effects, synthetic aperture sonar. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



6. Timothy M. Marston and Daniel S. Plotnick. Semiparametric Statistical Stripmap Synthetic Aperture Autofocusing. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 53(4):2086-2095, April 2015. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Autofocus, Motion Compensation, MoComp, geophysical image processing, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, synthetic aperture sonar, SAR literature, artificially injected crabbing error, artificially injected sway error, corrupting phase function, cost function gradient, metric-maximizing solutions, semiparametric statistical stripmap synthetic aperture autofocusing, spotlight-mode SAR applications, stripmap error model, stripmap gradient expression, stripmap imagery, synthetic aperture sonar literature, to statistical quality metric, unmanned-underwater-vehicle-mounted sonar system, widebeam wideband rail-based system, Apertures, Arrays, Computational modeling, Focusing, Measurement, Synthetic aperture sonar, Synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) radar autofocus stripmap. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



7. T. O. Saebo, S. A. V. Synnes, and Roy E. Hansen. Wideband Interferometry in Synthetic Aperture Sonar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 51(8):4450-4459, August 2013. Keyword(s): Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS, autonomous aerial vehicles, geophysical image processing, image resolution, oceanographic equipment, oceanographic techniques, radar imaging, radar interferometry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, Goldstein branch cut phase unwrapping algorithm, HISAS wideband interferometric SAS, HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle, SAS interferometry, absolute phase difference, advanced phase unwrapping techniques, complex cross correlation technique, direct phase difference estimation, final phase estimate, high resolution images, interferometric data processing, misregistrated areas, multiband split spectrum technique, multichromatic approach, narrowband interferometry processing, phase ambiguities, seafloor, synthetic aperture sonar interferometry, topographic maps, wideband interferometry techniques, Delay effects, Interferometry, Maximum likelihood estimation, Synthetic aperture sonar, Wideband, Complex cross correlation, multichromatic analysis, split spectrum algorithm, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), wideband interferometry. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



8. Roy E. Hansen, H. J. Callow, T. O. Sabo, and S. A. V. Synnes. Challenges in Seafloor Imaging and Mapping With Synthetic Aperture Sonar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 49(10):3677-3687, October 2011. Keyword(s): Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS, bathymetry, oceanographic equipment, radar imaging, radar interferometry, seafloor phenomena, synthetic aperture sonar, underwater sound, HISAS 1030 interferometric SAS, acoustic signals, aided inertial navigation, bathymetry, centimeter resolution, coherence, grating lobes, image focusing, nonstraight tracks, ocean environment, real aperture interferometry, sea surface, seafloor imaging, seafloor mapping, shallow waters, sonar positioning, sound velocity, synthetic aperture sonar, vehicle instability, Apertures, Image resolution, Imaging, Sonar navigation, Synthetic aperture sonar, Vehicles, Interferometry, multiple reflections, navigation, nonlinear tracks, seafloor imaging, sound velocity errors, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), topography errors. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



9. J. Groen, Roy E. Hansen, H. J. Callow, J. C. Sabel, and T. O. Sabo. Shadow Enhancement in Synthetic Aperture Sonar Using Fixed Focusing. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 34(3):269-284, July 2009. Keyword(s): Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS, image enhancement, sonar imaging, sonar target recognition, synthetic aperture sonar, HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle, fixed focus shadow enhancement, shadow clarity, synthetic aperture sonar imaging, target recognition, widebeam synthetic aperture imaging systems, Acoustics, beamforming, focusing, imaging, shadow, synthetic aperture sonar (SAS). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



10. T. O. Saebo, Roy E. Hansen, and A. Hanssen. Relative Height Estimation by Cross-Correlating Ground-Range Synthetic Aperture Sonar Images. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 32(4):971-982, October 2007. Keyword(s): Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS, oceanographic techniques, seafloor phenomena, sonar imaging, synthetic aperture sonar, Elba Island, InSAS-2000 experiment, Italy, SAS processing, along-track resolution, azimuth resolution, broadband signals, coherent frequency-dependent scattering, correction technique, cross correlations, geometrical decorrelation effect, image acquisition, mathematical model, moving platform, seafloor relative height, signal-to-noise ratio, sonar images beamforming, synthetic aperture sonar imaging, time-delay estimates, vertically displaced receivers, Azimuth, Coherence, Decorrelation, Frequency estimation, Mathematical model, Scattering, Sea floor, Signal resolution, Signal to noise ratio, Synthetic aperture sonar, Bathymetry, coherence, cross correlation, height estimation, interferometry, synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), time-delay estimation. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



11. Andrea Bellettini and M. A. Pinto. Theoretical accuracy of synthetic aperture sonar micronavigation using a displaced phase-center antenna. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 27(4):780-789, October 2002. Keyword(s): Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS, navigation, synthetic aperture sonar, 118 to 182 kHz, Cramer-Rao lower bound, array gain, beampattern specification, displaced phase-center antenna, DPCA, ping-to-ping cross-track displacement, sway, synthetic aperture sonar micronavigation, yaw, Antenna theory, Aperture antennas, Backscatter, Computational modeling, Counting circuits, Helium, Predictive models, Principal component analysis, Sonar navigation, Synthetic aperture sonar. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]

Conference articles

1. U. Herter, H. Schmaljohann, and T. Fickenscher. Autofocus performance on multi channel SAS images in the presence of overlapping phase centers. In OCEANS 2016 MTS/IEEE Monterey, pages 1-6, September 2016. Keyword(s): geophysical image processing, image restoration, optical focusing, sonar imaging, synthetic aperture sonar, DPCA, RPC, SPGA focusing, autofocus performance, blurred images, data driven micronavigation, displaced phase center antenna, echo signals, multichannel SAS images, navigation data, overlapping phase centers, raw echo data, redundant phase centers, residual phase errors, side lobe levels, strip-map phase gradient autofocus, synthetic aperture images, synthetic aperture sonar, Apertures, Approximation algorithms, Sonar navigation, Synthetic aperture sonar, Transmitters, aperture sonar, autofocus, multi-channel, strip-map. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



2. G. Shippey, S. Banks, and J. Pihl. SAS image reconstruction using Fast Polar Back Projection: comparisons with Fast Factored Back Projection and Fourier-domain imaging. In Oceans 2005 - Europe, volume 1, pages 96-101, June 2005. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Time-Domain Back-Projection, TDBP, Fast-Factorized Back-Projection, FFBP, Fast Polar Back-Projection, FPBP, fast Fourier transforms, image reconstruction, radar imaging, sonar imaging, synthetic aperture radar, synthetic aperture sonar FFBP, Fast Factored Back Projection, Fast Polar Back Projection, Fourier-domain imaging, SAS image reconstruction, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Synthetic Aperture Sonar, autopositioning purposes, azimuth sidelobe level, computation time reduction, intermediate physical aperture images, multielement sonar arrays, nonlinear platform trajectories, preset approximation error, review, standard FFT-based method, time-domain methods, ultra-wideband airborne SAR, wide bandwidths, wide swaths. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



3. H.J. Callow, M.P. Hayes, and P.T. Gough. Stripmap phase gradient autofocus. In OCEANS 2003. Proceedings, volume 5, pages 2414-2421, September 2003. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Autofocus, Phase Curvature Autofocus, Phase Gradient Autofocus, PGA, SPGA, Stripmap Phase Gradient Algorithm, Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]

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