Dr. Michael J. Minardi Profile

Dr. Michael J. Minardi

Senior Researcher at Air Force Research Lab

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

Publications (22)

Proceedings Article | 14 May 2018 Presentation

SAR geolocation of moving targets using knowledge of network of roads (Conference Presentation)

Uttam Majumder, Mehrdad Soumekh, Alexander Boytim, Michael Minardi

Proceedings Volume 10647, 106470N (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2304480

KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Roads

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2016 Paper

The development of advanced spread spectrum LFM waveforms for enhanced SAR and GMTI

John Kirk, Scott Darden, Uttam Majumder, Michael Minardi, Mark Bell

Proceedings Volume 9843, 98430A (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224765

KEYWORDS: Radar, Synthetic aperture radar, Signal processing, Doppler effect, Receivers, Target detection, Electronic filtering, Signal detection, Optical filters, Modulation

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2016 Paper

Agile waveforms for joint SAR-GMTI processing

Steven Jaroszewski, Allan Corbeil, Stephen McMurray, Uttam Majumder, Mark Bell, Jeffrey Corbeil, Michael Minardi

Proceedings Volume 9843, 984308 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224768

KEYWORDS: Radar, Signal processing, Doppler effect, Tolerancing, Synthetic aperture radar, Hardware testing, Field programmable gate arrays, Image resolution, Modulation, Electronic filtering

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2016 Paper

Performance evaluation of SAR/GMTI algorithms

Wendy Garber, William Pierson, Ryan Mcginnis, Uttam Majumder, Michael Minardi, David Sobota

Proceedings Volume 9843, 984305 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230385

KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Sensors, Detection and tracking algorithms, Algorithm development, Target detection, Roads, Data modeling, Doppler effect, Monte Carlo methods, Environmental sensing

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2016 Paper

Statistical performance analysis for GMTI using ATI phase distribution

Unnikrishna Pillai, Ke Yong Li, Uttam Majumder, Michael Minardi, David Sobota

Proceedings Volume 9843, 984307 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224751

KEYWORDS: Detection and tracking algorithms, Target detection, Synthetic aperture radar, Image resolution, Holmium, Statistical analysis, Scattering, Receivers, Interferometry, Phase velocity

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2016 Paper

Analytical SAR-GMTI principles

Mehrdad Soumekh, Uttam Majumder, Christopher Barnes, David Sobota, Michael Minardi

Proceedings Volume 9843, 984304 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224747

KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Target detection, Doppler effect, Radar, Receivers, Algorithm development, Detection and tracking algorithms, Signal processing, Radon, Image compression

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Proceedings Article | 19 April 2010 Paper

Synthetic aperture radar data visualization on the iPod Touch

Aaron Fouts, Rhonda Vickery, Uttam Majumder, Tracy Burchett, Troy Klein, Michael Minardi

Proceedings Volume 7699, 76990G (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.852725

KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Zoom lenses, Image resolution, Mobile devices, Geographic information systems, Human-machine interfaces, Visualization, Internet, Software development, Data visualization

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Proceedings Article | 19 April 2010 Paper

A challenge problem for SAR change detection and data compression

Steven Scarborough, LeRoy Gorham, Michael Minardi, Uttam Majumder, Matthew Judge, Linda Moore, Leslie Novak, Steven Jaroszewksi, Laura Spoldi, Alan Pieramico

Proceedings Volume 7699, 76990U (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.855378

KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Charge-coupled devices, X band, Algorithm development, Data compression, Sensors, Data centers, Polarization, Buildings, Image compression

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Proceedings Article | 29 April 2009 Paper

A challenge problem for SAR-based GMTI in urban environments

Steven Scarborough, Curtis Casteel, LeRoy Gorham, Michael Minardi, Uttam Majumder, Matthew Judge, Edmund Zelnio, Michael Bryant, Howard Nichols, Douglas Page

Proceedings Volume 7337, 73370G (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.823461

KEYWORDS: Global Positioning System, Synthetic aperture radar, Doppler effect, X band, Algorithm development, Target detection, Sensors, Data centers, Detection and tracking algorithms, Roads

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2007 Paper

SAR Images Generated Using the Least Mean Squares (LMS) Algorithm

John Minardi, Michael Minardi

Proceedings Volume 6568, 656810 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.731458

KEYWORDS: Radar, Synthetic aperture radar, Image resolution, Signal to noise ratio, Data modeling, Phase shifts, MATLAB, Calibration, Image quality, Digital filtering

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Proceedings Article | 7 May 2007 Paper

Three-dimensional point spread function characterization of a radially displaced scatterer

Uttam Majumder, Michael Temple, Michael Minardi, Edmund Zelnio

Proceedings Volume 6568, 656803 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.719357

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, 3D acquisition, Radar, Target recognition, Synthetic aperture radar, Automatic target recognition, Image processing, 3D image processing, Image acquisition, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 7 May 2007 Paper

Characterizing geolocation ambiguity responses in synthetic aperture radar: ground moving target indication

Matthew Holston, Michael Minardi, Michael Temple, Michael Saville

Proceedings Volume 6568, 656809 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.731455

KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Radar, Target detection, 3D acquisition, 3D image processing, Antennas, Image acquisition, Image processing, Detection and tracking algorithms, Image resolution

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Proceedings Article | 7 May 2007 Paper

SAR data exploitation: computational technology enabling SAR ATR algorithm development

Uttam Majumder, Curtis Casteel, Peter Buxa, Michael Minardi, Edmund Zelnio, John Nehrbass

Proceedings Volume 6568, 65680L (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.723224

KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Field programmable gate arrays, Algorithm development, Data processing, Image processing, Automatic target recognition, Computing systems, Signal processing, X band, Logic

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Proceedings Article | 7 May 2007 Paper

A challenge problem for 2D/3D imaging of targets from a volumetric data set in an urban environment

Curtis Casteel, LeRoy Gorham, Michael Minardi, Steven Scarborough, Kiranmai Naidu, Uttam Majumder

Proceedings Volume 6568, 65680D (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.731457

KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Calibration, Image processing, X band, Detection and tracking algorithms, Polarization, 3D acquisition, 3D image processing, Radar, Image acquisition

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