NDLI: A fusion method for marine radar images using EM algorithm

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Author	Mita, Hokuto Kobashi, Syoji Nakagawa, Kazuya Nishiyama, Kohji Maeno, Hitoshi Kuramoto, Kei Hata, Yutaka
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: Furuno Electric Corporation, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 662-8580, JAPAN (Nakagawa, Kazuya; Nishiyama, Kohji; Maeno, Hitoshi) \|\| Himeji Initiative in Computation Medical and Health Care Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 671-2280, JAPAN (Mita, Hokuto; Kobashi, Syoji; Kuramoto, Kei; Hata, Yutaka)
Abstract	Marine radar systems have been equipped by almost sea vehicles. However, radar image quality can be easily deteriorated by signal strength decay with increasing distance, blurring due to side lobes, signals of behind objects and of shaded area. And it is difficult to recover the artifacts. This paper proposes a new approach to improve radar image quality by image fusion. The fusion method generating high quality radar images is based on EM algorithm. Performance was validated using radar images acquired from a single radar system at multiple locations. The experimental results showed that the proposed method constructed high quality radar images, and recovered signal decay and blurring due to side lobes.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	6
File Size	7202495
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467344975
ISSN	21544824
e-ISBN	9781889334479
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-06-24
Publisher Place	Mexico
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	TSI Press
Subject Keyword	Radar imaging Radar cross section Radar antennas Marine vehicles Positron emission tomography Microwave antennas image fusion EM algorithms marine radar radar image
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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