Multiband fusion inverse synthetic aperture radar imaging based on variational Bayesian inference

Images from high-resolution inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) can provide more information about the targets. Multiband fusion imaging techniques can achieve higher range resolution without increasing hardware costs. A multiband fusion imaging algorithm based on variational Bayesian inference (VBI) is proposed to improve the range resolution of ISAR images. First, a multiband fusion ISAR imaging model is established based on sparse representation. Second, the scattering coefficients and noise are assumed to be the Laplacian scale mixture distribution and the complex Gaussian distribution, respectively. Finally, the fusion image is directly reconstructed in the complex domain by the VBI based on Laplace approximation method. The effectiveness and robustness of the proposed algorithm are verified by the experimental fusion results of one-dimensional signals and two-dimensional ISAR images. (C) 2020 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)