An Extended Moving Target Detection Approach for High-Resolution Multichannel SAR-GMTI Systems Based on Enhanced Shadow-Aided Decision

Abstract

This paper develops a framework based on enhanced shadow-aided decision for multichannel synthetic aperture radar-based ground moving target indication system according to the relationships between the moving target and its shadow information in position, dimensions, and intensity. As a sort of feature information available, the moving target shadow may improve the ground target detection performance. A critical precondition for shadow utilization is to obtain the good detection performance for the moving target shadow. However, shadow detection performance will deteriorate inevitably as a result of target motion that blurs its shadow. To address this issue, a knowledge-aided shadow detection algorithm with adaptive thresholds is proposed to improve the shadow detection performance in the developed framework. Furthermore, the theoretical performance analysis is performed, which indicates that the proposed knowledge-aided shadow detection algorithm has a better performance than that of the conventional shadow detection algorithm with a fixed threshold. Finally, numerical simulation experiments are presented to demonstrate that the developed framework can obtain good results for extended ground moving target detection.