3D ISAR: Techniques and Applications

In maritime radar, Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) is used to image targets with classification typically performed by a radar operator. The three-dimensional (3D)-ISAR was developed as an alternative representation with the target represented by a 3D point cloud, instead of the traditional range/Doppler image. This talk will describe a number of different reconstruction techniques and demonstrate how the improved localization can be used to enhance target classification.