Subsurface and through-wall SAR imaging techniques for ground penetrating radar

M. Unal; A. Caliskan; A. S. Turk; P. O. Bakbak

doi:10.15222/TKEA2013.6.32

M. Unal Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
A. Caliskan Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
A. S. Turk Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
P. O. Bakbak Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15222/TKEA2013.6.32

Keywords: ground penetrating radar, synthetic aperture radar, subsurface imaging, radar signal processing

Abstract

This paper presents some useful signal processing and synthetic aperture radar imaging techniques for ultra-wide band (UWB) ground penetrating radar. Novel UWB antenna structures are experimentally designed in this work. Raw and processed data collected in the course of experimental studies of subsurface sensing and through-wall imaging scenarios are demonstrated in B-scan and C-scan target images.

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