A class of singular Fourier integral operators in Synthetic Aperture Radar imaging

Gaik Ambartsoumian, Raluca Felea, Venkateswaran P. Krishnan, Clifford Nolan, Eric Todd Quinto

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Abstract

In this article, we analyze the microlocal properties of the linearized forward scattering operator F and the normal operator F *F (where F * is the L 2 adjoint of F) which arises in Synthetic Aperture Radar imaging for the common midpoint acquisition geometry. When F * is applied to the scattered data, artifacts appear. We show that F *F can be decomposed as a sum of four operators, each belonging to a class of distributions associated to two cleanly intersecting Lagrangians, I p,l0, Λ 1), thereby explaining the latter artifacts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)246-269
Number of pages24
JournalJournal of Functional Analysis
Volume264
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2013

Keywords

  • Elliptical Radon transforms
  • Fold and Blowdown singularities
  • Singular Fourier integral operators
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar

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