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Garcia-Fernandez, Angel F.Corresponding AuthorYeste-Ojeda, Omar A.AuthorGrajal, JesusAuthor

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June 9, 2019
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Facet Model of Moving Targets for ISAR Imaging and Radar Back-Scattering Simulation

Publicated to: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS. 46 (3): 1455-1467 - 2010-07-01 46(3), DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2010.5545200

Authors:

García-Fernández, AF; Yeste-Ojeda, OA; Grajal, J
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSI Telecomunicac, Dept Senales Sistemas & Radiocomunicac, Grp Microondas & Radar, E-28040 Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

A facet model of targets is proposed to simulate inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) images and radar back-scattering of moving targets with rigid and nonrigid motions. Targets are composed of solid objects which are modeled by triangular facets. It is shown that a facet can be treated as an equivalent point-scatterer whose radar cross section (RCS) and position depend on the shape of the triangle, the frequency, and the angle of incidence. A shadowing algorithm is also developed to detect the facets which actually have influence on the signal received by the radar. Besides, a facet division algorithm is implemented to improve the result of the shadowing algorithm and to have at least one facet per resolution cell. Finally, we apply our simulator to obtain the ISAR images of a ship and a helicopter and to calculate the micro-Doppler signature of a human.
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Keywords

AlgorithmFace detectionFrequencyInverse problemsInverse synthetic aperture radarMotion compensationPhysical opticsRadar cross sectionRadar imagingShadow mappingShapeSolid modelingSynthetic aperture radar

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2010, it was in position 132/247, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-25:

  • Google Scholar: 50
  • WoS: 38
  • Scopus: 45
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 9.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 9 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/92311/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 35
  • Downloads: 53
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GARCIA FERNANDEZ, ANGEL FROILAN) and Last Author (GRAJAL DE LA FUENTE, JESUS).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GARCIA FERNANDEZ, ANGEL FROILAN.

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Awards linked to the item

This work was supported by Project TEC2008-02148 of the National Board of Scientific and Technological Research (CICYT).
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