Radar Imaging and Radar Signal Processing
Book Chapter
- L. He, S. A. Kassam, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Sparse Multi-Frequency Waveform Design for Wideband Imaging,” in V. Amuso, S. Blunt, E. Mokole, R. Schneible and M. Wicks (Eds.), Applications and Methods of Waveform Diversity, SciTech Publishing, 2009.
Journal Articles
- F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, P. D. Zemany, “Dual-Frequency Radars for Target Localization in Urban Sensing,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, (in press).
- C. Debes, M. G. Amin, and A. Zoubir, “Target detection in single- and multiple-view through-the-wall radar imaging,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (in press).
- Y. Zhang, M. G. Amin, and F. Ahmad, “Time-frequency analysis for the localization of multiple moving targets using dual-frequency radars,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 15, pp. 777-780, 2008.
- F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Wideband Synthetic aperture imaging for urban sensing applications,” Journal of the Franklin Institute, July 2008.
- M. G. Amin, F. Ahmad, “Wideband Synthetic Aperture Beamforming for Through-the-Wall Imaging,” IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, July 2008.
- Y. Yoon and M. Amin, “High-Resolution Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging Using Beamspace MUSIC" IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, June 2008.
- F. Ahmad, Y. Zhang, and M. G. Amin, "Three-dimensional wideband beamforming for imaging through a single wall," IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol.5, No. 2, April 2008.
- F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, G. Mandapati, “Autofocusing of Through-the-Wall Radar Imagery under Unknown Wall Characteristics,” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 16, No. 7, pp. 1785-1795,July 2007.
- Y. Zhang, G. J. Frazer, and M. G. Amin, "Concurrent operation of two over-the-horizon radars," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, special issue on Adaptive Waveform Design for Agile Sensing and Communication, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 114-123, June 2007.
- G. Wang and M. Amin, “Imaging through unknown walls using different standoff distances,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, October 2006.
- F. Ahmad and M. Amin, “A noncoherent approach to through-the-wall radar imaging,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 1,405-1,419, October 2006.
- G. Wang, M. G. Amin, and Y. Zhang, "A new approach for target locations in the presence of wall ambiguity," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 301-315, January 2006.
- F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, S. A. Kassam, “Synthetic aperture beamformer for imaging through a dielectric wall,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, January 2005.
- F. Ahmad, G. J. Frazer, S. A. Kassam, and M. G. Amin, "Design and implementation of near-field, wideband synthetic aperture beamformers,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 40, no. 1, pp 206-221, January 2004.
- Y. Zhang, M. G. Amin, and G. J. Frazer, "High-resolution time-frequency distributions for maneuvering target detection in over-the-horizon radars," IEE Proceedings on Radar, Sonar, and Navigation, vol. 150, no.4, pp. 299-304, August 2003.
- G. Wang, X.G. Xia, B. T. Root, V. C. Chen, Y. Zhang, and M. G. Amin, "Maneuvering target detection in over-the-horizon radar by using adaptive clutter rejection and adaptive chirplet transform," IEE Proceedings on Radar, Sonar and Navigation, vol. 150, no. 4, pp. 292-298, August 2003.
- D. Robbins and M. G. Amin, "Testing of smart antenna systems," Microwave Journal, January 1999.
Conference Papers
- F. Ahmad and M. G. Amin, “Waveform design for multistatic through-the-wall radar,” Proceedings of the IEEE Radar Conference, Pasadena, CA, May 2009.
- P. Setlur, M. G. Amin, and F. Ahmad, “Optimal and suboptimal micro-doppler estimation schemes using carrier diverse doppler radars,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2009.
- C. Debes, J. Riedler, M. G. Amin, and A. M. Zoubir, “Iterative target detection approach in through wall radar imaging,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2009.
- Y. Zhang, K. Yang, and M. G. Amin, “Robust target localization in moving radar platform through semidefinite relaxation,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2009.
- Y.-S. Yoon, and M. G. Amin, “Behind-the-wall target identification,” Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense, Security, and Sensing, Orlando, FL, April 2009.
- F. Ahmad and M. G. Amin, “Optimal waveform design for through-the-wall radar imaging,” Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense, Security, and Sensing, Orlando, FL, April 2009.
- F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, and H. Estephan, “Multistatic waveform design for seeing through the wall,” Proceedings of the 2009 International Waveform Diversity and Design Conference, Orlando, FL, 8-13 February 2009.
- H. Estephan, M. G. Amin, K. Yemelyanov, and A. Hoorfar, “Waveform design for through-the-wall radar imaging applications,” Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Orlando, FL, March 2008.
- C. Debes, M. Amin, and A. Zoubir, “Target detection in multiple-viewing through-the-wall radar imaging,” Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, Boston, MA, July 2008.
- Y. Zhang, M. Amin, and F. Ahmad, “Localization of Vibrating Targets Using Dual-Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar and Time-Frequency Analysis,” Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, Boston, MA, July 2008.
- A. Hoorfar, F. Ahmad, and C. Thajudeen, "Synthesis of Wideband Imaging Beamformers Using Evolutionary Programming," Proceedings of the the IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, San Diego, CA, July 2008.
- Y. Zhang, P. Setlur, M. G. Amin, and F. Ahmad, “Application of time-frequency analysis and Kalman filter to range estimation of targets in enclosed structures,” Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Radar Conference, Rome, Italy, May 2008.
- S. A. Kassam, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, K. Yemelyanov, “Target and change detection in synthetic aperture radar sensing of urban structures,” Proceedings of the IEEE Radar Conference, Rome, Italy, May 2008.
- Y.-S. Yoon, and M. Amin, "High resolution through-the-wall radar imaging using extended target model," Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Radar Conference, Rome, Italy, May 2008.
- Y. Zhang, M. G. Amin, and F. Ahmad, “Moving target localization using dual-frequency radar s,” Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Radar Sensor Technology XII Conference, Orlando, FL, March 2008.
- Y.-S. Yoon, and M. Amin, "High resolution through-the-wall radar image based on beamspace eigenstructure subspace methods," Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Orlando, Florida, March 2008.
- F. Ahmad, Y-S. Yoon, and M. G. Amin, “Through-the-wall polarimetric imaging,” Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Algorithms on Synthetic Aperture Radar Algorithms XV Conference, Orlando, FL, March 2008.
- Y.-S. Yoon, and M. Amin, "Compressive sensing technique for high-resolution radar imaging," Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Orlando, Florida, March 2008.
- F. Ahmad and M. G. Amin, “Multi-viewpoint image fusion for urban sensing applications,” Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition XVII, Orlando, FL, March 2008.
- Y. Zhang, M. Amin, and F. Ahmad, "A novel approach for moving multi-target localization using dual frequency radars and time-frequency distributions," Proceedings of the Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 2007.
- Y. Zhang, F. Ahmad, M. Amin, “Application of beamforming for wall detection and localization,” Proceedings of the 2007 North American Radio Science Meeting URSI - CNC/USNC, Ottawa, Canada, July 2007.
- Y. Zhang and M. G. Amin, "Concurrent operation and cross-radar interference cancellation of two over-the-horizon radars," Proceedings of the 2007 International Waveform Diversity and Design Conference, Pisa, Italy, June 2007.
- P. Setlur, M. G. Amin, F. Ahmad, and H. Estephan “A frequency diverse doppler radar for range-to-motion estimation in urban sensing applications,” Proceedings of the 2007 International Waveform Diversity and Design Conference, Pisa, Italy, June 2007.
- F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “High-resolution imaging using capon beamformers for urban sensing applications,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Honolulu, HI, April 2007.
- P. Setlur, M. G. Amin, F. Ahmad, “Cramer-Rao bounds for range and motion parameter estimations using dual frequency radars,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Honolulu, HI, April 2007.
- F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Performance of autofocusing schemes for single target and populated scenes behind unknown walls,” Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Radar Sensor Technology XI Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2007.
- F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, P. D. Zemany, “Performance analysis of dual-frequency CW radars for motion detection and ranging in urban sensing applications,” Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Radar Sensor Technology XI Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2007.
- P. Setlur, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, P. D. Zemany “Experiments on Through-the-Wall Motion Detection and Ranging,” Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Radar Sensor Technology XI Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2007.
- F. Ahmad, M. Amin, “Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging Experiments,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Applications for Public Security and Forensics, Washington, D.C., April 2007.
- S. Aviyente, F. Ahmad, M. Amin, “Information theoretic measures for change detection in urban sensing applications, Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Applications for Public Security and Forensics, Washington, D.C., April 2007.
- P. Setlur, M. G. Amin, F. Ahmad, “Urban target classifications using time-frequency micro-Doppler signatures,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications, Sharjah, UAE, February 2007.
- M. Shoeb, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “Source localization in view of urban sensing applications,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications, Sharjah, UAE, February 2007.
- M. Amin, P. Sutler, P. Zemany, and F. Ahmad, "Moving targetlocalization for indoor imaging using dual frequency cw radars," Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Sensor Array and Multi-channel Processing, Waltham, MA, July 2006.
- F. Ahmad and M. Amin, "Analyses of autofocusing schemes for indoor imaging with unknown walls," Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Sensor Array and Multi-channel Processing, Waltham, MA, July 2006.
- S. Aviyente, F. Ahmad, and M. Amin, "Information theoretic measures for through-the-wall surveillance," Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Sensor Array and Multi-channel Processing, Waltham,MA, July 2006.
- H. Estephan, F. Ahmad, M. Amin, “An Interactive Software for Real-Time Simulation of Through-the-Wall Imaging Radar,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Toulouse, France, May 2006.
- F. Ahmad and M. Amin "A Noncoherent Approach to Radar Localization through Unknown Walls" Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE RADAR Conference,Verona, NY, April 2006.
- F. Ahmad, P. Setlur, and M. Amin, ""Through-the-wall target localization using dual-frequency CW radars." Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2006.
- P. Setlur, F. Ahmad, and M. Amin, "Analysis of micro-Doppler signals using linear FM basis decomposition," Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Radar Sensor Technology X Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2006.
- F. Ahmad, M. Amin, M. Shoeb "Indoor wireless source localization based on area constraints." Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, Wireless Sensing and Processing Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2006.
- L. He, S. Kassam, F. Ahmad, M. Amin, “Sparse stepped-frequency waveform design for through-the-wall radar imaging,” Proceedings of the 2006 Waveform Diversity & Design Conference, Lihue, HI, January 2006.
- P. Sutler, M. Amin, and F. Ahmad, “ Indoor Imaging of targets enduring simple harmonic motion using Doppler radars,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, Athens, Greece, December 2005.
- M. Shoeb, M. Amin, and F. Ahmad, “Narrowband source localization for indoor wireless environments,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, Athens, Greece, December 2005.
- F. Ahmad, M. Amin, and S. Kassam, “A beamforming approach to stepped-frequency synthetic aperture through-wall radar imaging,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing, Puerto Vallarta , Mexico, December 2005.
- P. Setlur, M. Amin and T. Thayaparan, "Micro- Doppler signal estimation for vibrating and rotating targets", Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications, Sydney, Australia, August 2005.
- G. Wang, and M. Amin, "A novel technique to overcome wall ambiguities in through-the-wall radar imaging applications," Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications, Sydney, Australia, August 2005.
- F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “A noncoherent approach to through-the-wall radar imaging”, Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications Sydney, Australia, August, 2005.
- F. Ahmad, S. A. Kassam, M. G. Amin, “Practical considerations for the design of a wideband synthetic aperture beamformer”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Washington, DC, July 2005.
- F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, “A noncoherent system approach to through-the-wall radar imaging,” Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Washington, DC, July 2005.
- F. Ahmad, and M. G. Amin, "A noncoherent radar system approach for through-the-wall imaging," Proceedings of the SPIE Defense & Security Symposium, Conference on Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I), Orlando, FL, March 2005.
- R. Dilsavor, W. Ailes, P. Rush, F. Ahmad, W. Keichel, G. Titi, M. Amin, “Experiments on wideband through the wall imaging”, Proceedings of the SPIE Defense & Security Symposium, Conference on Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XII, Orlando, FL, March 2005.
- G. Wang and M. G. Amin, “A new approach for target location of through the wall radar imaging in the presence of wall ambiguities,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, Rome, Italy, December 2004.
- G. Mandapati and M. G. Amin, “Blurness and focusing–defocusing for through-the-wall radar imaging with wall ambiguities,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, Rome, Italy, December 2004.
- Y. Zhang, M. G. Amin, and G. J. Frazer, "Simultaneous operation of two over-the-horizon radars," Proceedings of the SPIE Annual Conference, Denver, CO, August 2004.
- M. G. Amin, "Through the wall radar imaging a signal processing perspective,", Proceedings of the IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Monterey, CA, June 2004.
- Y. Guo, S. A. Kassam, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, "Reduced Complexity multi-frequency imaging using active aperture synthesis," Proceedings of the IEEE AP-S International Symposium 2004 Digest, Monterey, CA, June 2004.
- F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, S. A. Kassam, "Through-the-wall wideband synthetic aperture beamformer," Proceedings of the IEEE AP-S International Symposium 2004 Digest, Monterey, CA, June 2004.
- Y. Zhang and M. G. Amin, "Joint doppler and polarization characterization of moving targets," Proceedings of the IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Monterey, CA, June 2004.
- Y. Zhang and M. G. Amin, "Polarimetric time-frequency distributions and applications to radar imaging," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, Darmstadt, Germany, December 2003.
- F. Ahmad, T. Tchangov, S. A. Kassam, M. G. Amin, "Image quality measures for wall parameter estimation," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, Darmstadt, Germany, December 2003.
- F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, S. A. Kassam, and G. J. Frazer, "A wideband, synthetic aperture beamformer for through-the-wall imaging", Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology, Boston, MA, October 2003.
- Y. Zhang, M. G. Amin, B. M. Dogahe, and G. J. Frazer, "Time-frequency analysis for maneuvering target detection in over-the-horizon radars," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications, Paris, France, July 2003.
- F. Ahmad, G. Frazer, S. Kassam, and M. G. Amin, “A new approach for near-field wideband synthetic aperture beamforming,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Hong Kong, China, April 2003.
- Y. Zhang, M. G. Amin, and G. Frazer, “High resolution time-frequency distribution for maneuvering target detection in over-the-horizon radars,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Hong Kong, China, April 2003.
- G. Wang, X. Xia, B. Root, V. Chen, M. G. Amin, and Y. Zhang, “Maneuvering target detection in over-the-horizon radar by using adaptive chirplet transform,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Hong Kong, China, April 2003.
- F. Ahmad, S. Kassam, G. Frazer, and M. G. Amin, “Aperture synthesis for through-wall imaging systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, Marrakech, Morocco, December 2002.
- M. G. Amin, “Applications of spatial time-frequency distributions to high resolution radar systems,” Proceedings of the NATO RTO-SET Symposium on High Resolution Radar Techniques, Granada, Spain, March 1999.