Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 4, 20210282(2022)

Target azimuth estimation of synthetic aperture radar image based on block sparse Bayesian learning

Li You
Author Affiliations
  • Chengdu Technological University, Chengdu 611730, China
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    Figures & Tables(8)
    SAR images of BMP2, T72 and BTR70 at different azimuths
    Basic procedure of the proposed algorithm
    Numbers of correctly estimation samples by the proposed algorithm at different estimation precisions
    • Table 1. Training and test samples of the three MSTAR targets

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      Table 1. Training and test samples of the three MSTAR targets

      TypeDepression angle/(°)Target
      BMP2BTR70T72
      Training17233 (SN_1)232 (SN_2)233(SN_3)233 (SN_1)232 (SN_1)231 (SN_2)233 (SN_3)
      Test15195 (SN_1)196 (SN_2)19 6(SN_3)196 (SN_1)196 (SN_1)195 (SN_2)191 (SN_3)
    • Table 2. Azimuth estimation results of the test samples of the three MSTAR targets by the proposed method

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      Table 2. Azimuth estimation results of the test samples of the three MSTAR targets by the proposed method

      Target classNumber of samplesNumber of errorsPercentage of correct samples
      BMP2 (SN_1)195199.49%
      BMP2 (SN_2)1960100%
      BMP2 (SN_3)196199.50%
      BTR70 (SN_1)196298.98%
      T72 (SN_1)196398.47%
      T72 (SN_2)195199.49%
      T72 (SN_3)1910100%
    • Table 3. Results of the proposed method at different estimation precisions

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      Table 3. Results of the proposed method at different estimation precisions

      Number of samples<5°<10°MeanVariance
      BMP25875735852.011.85
      BTR701961921942.051.84
      T725825695782.161.77
      Total1365133413572.071.81
    • Table 4. Correct estimation percentages of different methods at different estimation precisions

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      Table 4. Correct estimation percentages of different methods at different estimation precisions

      Method typeThreshold of error/(°)
      246810
      Proposed76%88%97%99%99%
      MER13%24%39%57%68%
      Dominant boundary55%82%93%97%99%
      Sparse representation64%80%93%98%99%
    • Table 5. Time consumption of different methods

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      Table 5. Time consumption of different methods

      Method typeAverage time consumption/ms
      Proposed10.5
      MER45.2
      Dominant boundary40.2
      Sparse representation12.1
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    Paper Information

    Category: Image processing

    Received: May. 6, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: May. 18, 2022

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210282

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