RADAR IMAGING AND REMOTE SENSING
Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: LORETO DI DONATOExpected Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and fundamental skills related to radar systems, remote sensing, inverse scattering, and microwave imaging as well as notions on antenna arrays for radar systems.
Knowledge and understanding: Acquisition of basic principles of radar detection and signal processing.
Applying knowledge and understanding: Ability to quantitatively solve radar detection problems in different scenarios. Solution of inverse and optimization problems.
Making judgements: Ability to identify and compare the most appropriate methods for studying real problems.
Communication skills: Ability to present orally. Ability to write a lab report using technical language.
Learning skills: Learning assessment may also be carried out on-line depending on specific circumstances required
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of signals theory and processing, linear systems, propagation.
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Radar systems and processing (5 CFU – 35 h)
Elements of Wave Propagation and Antennas. Antennas Array. Radar Equations and Radar Cross Section. Range Resolution and Doppler Frequency. Noise modeling in radar receinver. Signals and Networks Representation. Matched Filter and Ambiguity Function. Pulse Compression. Radar Detecion. Moving Target Indicator (MTI) and Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR). FMCW and Monopulse Radar.
Microwave imaging (1.5 CFU – 10.5 h)
Non linearity and ill-posedness. Linearized Scattering Models and Regularization. Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) and Gradient Based Optimization Techniques. Compressive Sensing.
Topics - in Collaboration with companies, universities and research centers (0.5 CFU – 3.5 h)
Ground Penetrating Radar / Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Automotive Radar / Direction Finding (Angle of Arrival)
Microwave Medical Imaging / Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
Laboratory, practise and experience (2 CFU – 30 h)
Radar data modeling and processing with Matlab
Measurement data acquisition and processing with mm-Waves Radar Prototype
Radar Cross Section Measurement
Visit at Sigonella/Fontanarossa/Etna Radar station (in collaboration with ENAV–TechnoSky/US Navy/INGV)
Textbook Information
[1] Radar Priciples, Peyton Z. Peebles, John Wiley & Sons Inc
[2] Radar Systems Analysis and Design using MATLAB (III ed.), Bassem R. Mahafza, CRC Press
[3] Radar Principles, Nadav Levanov, Wiley
[4] Antenna Theory: analysis and design, C. A. Balanis, 4th edition, Wiley
[5] Microwave imaging, Matteo Pastorino, John Wiley & Sons
[6] Introduction to Inverse Problems in Imaging, M. Bertero, P. Boccacci, C. De Mol, Taylor & Francis
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
To ensure equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students may request a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures based on educational objectives and specific needs. Students can also contact the CInAP (Centro per l’integrazione Attiva e Partecipata - Servizi per le Disabilità e/o i DSA) referring teacher within their department