EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing

  Special Issue on

  Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar

  Call for Papers

Inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) is a powerful signal
processing technique that can provide an electromagnetic image
of a target. ISAR images may be obtained by coherently processing
the received target echoes of wide bandwidth transmitted pulses.
This technique is typically applied to a stationary monostatic
radar configuration observing a moving target, and relies on the
target's rotation to form the synthetic aperture. ISAR imaging
techniques have been extensively employed over the last few years
in improving target classification algorithms, specifically those
attempting to identify ship, airborne, and orbiting targets. These
improvements have been made possible through the advances that have
occurred in signal processing techniques, such as those made in
ISAR blind motion compensation or autofocussing, polarimetry-based
classification, super resolution, and the suppression or exploitation
of multipath effects.

Furthermore, the recent resurgence of bistatic and multistatic
radars has resulted in an awareness of extra parameters in the
fundamental ISAR imaging processes that provide, for example,
3D and/or interferometric capabilities. The significant advances
made in computing technology also impacts on the ability of the
user to employ these new signal processing techniques in applications
that require rapid target identification.

The goal of this special issue is to discuss the state of the art
in ISAR imaging and signal processing techniques.

This special issue will focus on such seamless integration of visual
analysis methods in, or joint design with, robust compression and
transmission solutions.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

    o Bistatic/multistatic ISAR
    o 3D / interferometric ISAR
    o ISAR-in the presence of multipath signals
    o ISAR-based target classification
    o ISAR autofocussing / blind motion compensation algorithms
    o Polarimetric ISAR
    o Super-resolution techniques for ISAR
    o ISAR imaging for maneuvering targets

Authors should follow the EURASIP JASP manuscript format
described at the journal site http://asp.hindawi.com/
Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their
complete manuscript through the EURASIP JASP's manuscript
tracking system at journal's web site, according
to the following timetable.

  Manuscript Due            May 1, 2005
  Acceptance Notification   September 1, 2005
  Final Manuscript Due      December 1, 2005
  Publication Date          1st Quarter, 2006

GUEST EDITORS:

John Homer, School of Information Technology and Electrical
Engineering, Cooperative Research Centre for Sensor Signal
and Information Processing, The University of Queensland, Brisbane,
Australia; homerj@itee.uq.edu.au

James Palmer, School of Information Technology and Electrical
Engineering, Wedgetail TRDC, The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia; palmer@itee.uq.edu.au

Marco Martorella, Department of Information Engineering,
University of Pisa, Via Caruso, Pisa, Italy;
m.martorella@iet.unipi.it

Brad Littleton, School of Physics, The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia; littleton@physics.uq.edu.au

Fabrizio Berizzi, Department of Information Engineering,
University of Pisa, Via Caruso, Pisa, Italy; f.berizzi@iet.unipi.it

Victor Chen, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA;
vchen@radar.nrl.navy.mil

Dennis Longstaff, School of Information Technology and Electrical
Engineering, Cooperative Research Centre for Sensor Signal and
Information Processing, The University of Queensland, Brisbane,
Australia; idl@itee.uq.edu.au

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