Back Projection Algorithm for Multi-Receiver Synthetic Aperture Sonar Based on Two Interpolators

Bibliographic Details
Title: Back Projection Algorithm for Multi-Receiver Synthetic Aperture Sonar Based on Two Interpolators
Authors: Xuebo Zhang, Peixuan Yang
Source: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol 10, Iss 6, p 718 (2022)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG, 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering
LCC:Oceanography
Subject Terms: synthetic aperture sonar, back projection algorithm, linear interpolation, nearest neighbor interpolation, upsampling, imaging performance, Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering, VM1-989, Oceanography, GC1-1581
More Details: The back projection (BP) algorithm is characterized by its high performance for multi-receiver synthetic aperture sonar (SAS). For this reason, it is usually used to evaluate the imaging performance of Fourier-domain methods. However, this algorithm suffers from a large computation load, and the imaging efficiency is seriously lowered. In order to improve the imaging performance, this paper proposes focusing the multi-receiver SAS data using the BP algorithm based on two interpolators, including the linear interpolation and nearest-neighbor interpolation. The former interpolation is used to decrease the interpolation error based on adjacent sampled data; the latter estimates the data at the desired moment by assigning the data value of the nearest sample as estimated data. Then, the imaging performance of the presented method is discussed in detail based on simulations and real-data processing. With the presented method, the imaging performance can be improved without a loss of efficiency compared to nearest-neighbor interpolation without an upsampling operation. In comparison with the traditional BP algorithm, the presented method can be used to improve the imaging efficiency without any loss of performance.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2077-1312
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/6/718; https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1312
DOI: 10.3390/jmse10060718
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/dde222bcf1dd4307b975a3ad4e56b099
Accession Number: edsdoj.222bcf1dd4307b975a3ad4e56b099
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20771312
DOI:10.3390/jmse10060718
Published in:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Language:English