A quadtree beam-segmenting based wide-swath SAR polar format algorithm

X Nie, L Zhuang, S Shen - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Polar Format Algorithm (PFA) is the most suitable imaging algorithm for high-resolution
and highly-squinted spotlight Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), but the approximation of …

A wide-field SAR polar format algorithm based on quadtree sub-image segmentation

N Xin, S Shijian, Y Hui, L Ying, Z Long… - IGARSS 2018-2018 …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The approximation of planar wavefront in traditional Polar Format Algorithm (PFA) limits the
effective scene size of PFA for high-resolution squinted Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). In …

A parameter-adjusting polar format algorithm for extremely high squint SAR imaging

Y Wang, J Li, J Chen, H Xu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The polar format algorithm (PFA) is a wavenumber domain imaging method for spotlight
synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The classic fixed-parameter PFA employs interpolation …

A two-step wide-scene polar format algorithm for high-resolution highly-squinted SAR

X Nie, W Lei, L Zhuang - IEEE Geoscience and Remote …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traditional polar format algorithm (PFA) is widely used in high-resolution and highly-
squinted (HRHS) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems, because of its unique decoupling …

Polar format algorithm for spotlight bistatic SAR with arbitrary geometry configuration

J Sun, S Mao, G Wang, W Hong - Progress In Electromagnetics Research, 2010 - jpier.org
This paper presents an effective Polar Format Algorithm (PFA) for spotlight bistatic synthetic
aperture radar (SAR) with arbitrary geometry configuration. Nonuniform interpolation and …

Residual high-order wavefront curvature error compensation for the polar format algorithm in widefield spotlight SAR imaging

S Han, D Zhu, X Mao - Remote Sensing Letters, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Polar format algorithm (PFA) is an efficient image formation algorithm for spotlight-mode
synthetic aperture radar (SAR). However, the derivation of PFA relies upon the …

Modified polar format algorithm for spotlight SAR with high squint and dive angle

J Chen, Y Wang, Q Jin, X Mao - 2021 IEEE 6th International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Polar format algorithm (PFA) is a popular imaging algorithm for squint mode SAR due to its
high computational efficiency and high focus accuracy. However, when the radar platform …

A new conical-trajectory polar format algorithm for spotlight bistatic SAR

Y Wang, J Li, B Sun, J Chen, H Xu - Progress In Electromagnetics Research, 2013 - jpier.org
Abstract The Polar Format Algorithm (PFA) is suitable for spotlight synthetic aperture radar
(SAR) image focusing either in monostatic or bistatic cases. The classic linear-trajectory PFA …

An improved PFA with aperture accommodation for widefield spotlight SAR imaging

B Fan, Y Qin, P You, H Wang - IEEE Geoscience and Remote …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents an improved polar format algorithm for nonlinear aperture and widefield
spotlight synthetic aperture radar imaging. In the proposed algorithm, the chirp z transform is …

Refocusing and zoom-in polar format algorithm for curvilinear spotlight SAR imaging on arbitrary region of interest

R Hu, X Li, TS Yeo, Y Yang, C Chi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For conventional polar format algorithm (PFA), because of the image distortion and defocus
caused by the plane-wave assumption, the effective imaging scene is bounded to a small …