Title
Geometry-constrained Degrees of Freedom Analysis for Imaging Systems: Monostatic and Multistatic.
Abstract
In this paper, we develop a theoretical framework for analyzing the measurable information content of an unknown scene through an active electromagnetic imaging array. We consider monostatic and multistatic array architectures in a one-dimensional setting. Our main results include the following: (a) we introduce the space-bandwidth product (SBP), and show that, under the Born approximation, it provides an accurate prediction of the number of the degrees of freedom (DoF) as constrained by the geometry of the scene and the imaging system; (b) we show that both monostatic and multistatic architectures have the same number of DoF; (c) we show that prior DoF analysis based on the more restrictive Fresnel approximation are obtained by specializing our results; (d) we investigate matched-filter (back-propagation) and pseudoinverse image reconstruction schemes, and analyze the achievable resolution through these methods. Our analytical framework opens up new avenues to investigate image formation techniques that aim to reconstruct the reflectivity function of the scene by solving an inverse scattering problem, and provides insights on achievable resolution. For example, we show that matched-filter reconstruction leads to a significant resolution loss for multistatic architectures.
Year
Venue
Field
2017
arXiv: Information Theory
Iterative reconstruction,Born approximation,Measure (mathematics),Fresnel diffraction,Moore–Penrose pseudoinverse,Image formation,Reflectivity,Geometry,Mathematics,Inverse scattering problem
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
abs/1711.03585
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Babak Mamandipoor1374.56
amin arbabian222735.52
Upamanyu Madhow33025293.76