Two-Dimensional ISAR Fusion Imaging of Block Structure Targets

Abstract

The range resolution and azimuth resolution are restricted by the limited transmitting bandwidth and observation angle in a monostatic radar system. To improve the two-dimensional resolution of inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging, a fast linearized Bregman iteration for unconstrained block sparsity (FLBIUB) algorithm is proposed to achieve multiradar ISAR fusion imaging of block structure targets. First, the ISAR imaging echo data of block structure targets is established based on the geometrical theory of the diffraction model. The multiradar ISAR fusion imaging is transformed into a signal sparse representation problem by vectorization operation. Then, considering the block sparsity of the echo data of block structure targets, the FLBIUB algorithm is utilized to achieve the block sparse signal reconstruction and obtain the fusion image. The algorithm further accelerates the iterative convergence speed and improves the imaging efficiency by combining the weighted back-adding residual and condition number optimization of the basis matrix. Finally, simulation experiments show that the proposed method can effectively achieve block sparse signal reconstruction and two-dimensional multiradar ISAR fusion imaging of block structure targets.