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Monostatic rapid single-view radar imaging technology is a technique that employs single incidence angle and single frequency point information to implement rapid monostatic radar imaging within a small angular field. Owing to its analytical expression, this technique can substitute the traditional frequency-angle- scanning imaging in a small angular range, facilitating the rapid generation of highly realistic radar imaging data slices for complex targets and environments. This technology has been significantly applied in scatter hotspot diagnostics and target recognition. In order to achieve the windowing effect equivalent to that of frequency-angle-scanning imaging, and to enhance the scattering feature of monostatic imaging while controlling sidelobes, this paper derives analytic windowed imaging formulas for monostatic radar. It then obtains analytical expressions for various typical monostatic windowing rapid radar imaging scenarios. This enables the monostatic rapid imaging technology to maintain high efficiency in its analytical expressions while achieving the windowing effect equivalent to traditional imaging. The validity and correctness of the analytical formula and software implementation have been confirmed through 1D, 2D, and 3D imaging verifications. This technology can provide a vast amount of training data for modern radars. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is testing the performance and success of a compact-sized, ultrawideband and directional printed circular monopole antenna proposed in a previous study for detection of the small breast cancer tumors. For this aim, simple but basic experimental studies of the radar-based ultra-wideband microwave measurement system are presented. In the measurements, different breast phantoms that have low dielectric constant materials representing the fat tissue and high dielectric constant object representing the tumor are formed and used. The object is located at different positions and the reflected signals are observed. The monostatic system which uses the same antenna to perform both the transmitting and receiving task of the signals is preferred in the study. According to the measured frequency domain signals, the reflected energy increases when the tumor is present. According to the amplitude and phase of the time domain signals, the presence, position and size of the tumor are inferenced. In order to provide more clear information about the tumor, a sample image is also created by implementing delay-and-sum algorithm. Furthermore, specific absorption rate of the breast is discussed. In summary, the performance of the antenna is valid for using in the radar-based ultrawideband microwave imaging with respect to its features of the size, bandwidth, directivity, and beamwidth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objects in low earth orbit such as CubeSats and the International Space Station (ISS) move with constant velocity along a linear trajectory when viewed from a ground-based radar. The small change in attitude of the object as it flies overhead permits the generation of an inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) image. In this paper, Altair’s FEKO™ software is used to model the monostatic radar scattering from the ISS as a function of frequency and aspect angle. The computed data is used for generating a simulated ISAR image from a ground-based radar. The system design requirements for the radar are calculated from the radar equation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]