Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 41, Issue 2, 448(2022)

THz ISAR imaging using GPU-accelerated phase compensated back projection algorithm

Mei-Yan LIANG1、*, Zhu-Yun REN1, Guang-Hui LI1, Cun-Lin ZHANG2, and Aly E Fathy3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Electronic Engineering,Shanxi University,Taiyuan 030006,China
  • 2Department of physics,Capital Normal University,Beijing 100048,China
  • 3Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,University of Tennessee,Knoxville,TN 37996-2250,USA
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    Figures & Tables(18)
    The progress of THz radar system(a)bandwidth,(b)resolution
    The block diagram of the 0.22 THz radar system
    Experimental model of 0.22 THz ISAR imaging
    Experimental scenario of 0.22 THz radar imaging
    THz radar imaging model
    Image reconstruction process using BP algorithm
    The flow chart of BP algorithm
    A photograph of the 0.22 THz radar system
    The corner reflectors are mounted on the turntable
    ISAR imaging result for a corner reflector
    ISAR result after phase compensation(single corner reflector)
    ISAR imaging result for two corner reflectors
    ISAR result after phase compensation(two corner reflectors)
    ISAR result using RD algorithm
    • Table 1. The parameters of THz radar imaging system

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      Table 1. The parameters of THz radar imaging system

      JPLFGANUPMUESTCCAEPOurs
      WaveformFMCWFMCWFMCWFMCWFMCWSFCW
      Frequency/GHz580/630/340220/300100/300340340220
      Bandwidth/GHz12.6/8/308/409/277.21612
      Imaging system3DISARISAR/3DISAR3DISAR
      Resolution/cm2-11.8-0.53.1-12.513
      Range/m4-7200-215-82.537
      Power/mW0.05-0.820-510-0.83.20.25-10
      Frame rate/Hzup to 4 Hz///4/
    • Table 2. Design parameters of 0.22 THz SF radar system

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      Table 2. Design parameters of 0.22 THz SF radar system

      Central frequency(fc0.22 THz
      Frequency range(220±6)GHz
      operating modeISAR imaging
      Output Power(P7 dBm
      WaveformSFCW
      Frequency step size(Δf12 MHz
      Total bandwidth(B12 GHz
      Number of steps(N1 024
      Pulse width(τ)100 ns
      Pulse repetition time in a burst(T60 µs
      Burst number(M312
      PolarizationH-H,V-V
      Range resolution(Δδy3 cm
      Theoretical resolution1.25 cm
      Dynamic range of receiver> 50 dB
      Noise figure of receiver<12 dB
      IF sampling rate60 MHz
    • Table 3. The parameters of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

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      Table 3. The parameters of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

      GPU VersionGeForce RTX 2060
      Memory Capacity6GB
      Stream Processing Units1920
      Computer Capability7.5
      Core Frequency1365/1680MHz
      Memory Frequency14GHz
      Memory Bit Width192bit
      Memory Bandwidth336GB/s
      Memory TypeGDDR6
      Tensor Cores240
    • Table 4. The comparison of RD algorithm and BP algorithm

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      Table 4. The comparison of RD algorithm and BP algorithm

      RDBPours
      SpeedReal-timeSlow~Real-time
      PrecisionLowHighHigh
      Error(-1,+8)(-1,+4)(-1,+4)
      DomainR-DSpatialSpatial
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    Mei-Yan LIANG, Zhu-Yun REN, Guang-Hui LI, Cun-Lin ZHANG, Aly E Fathy. THz ISAR imaging using GPU-accelerated phase compensated back projection algorithm[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2022, 41(2): 448

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jun. 21, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 8, 2022

    The Author Email: Mei-Yan LIANG (meiyanliang@sxu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2022.02.011

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