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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Howard University, Washington, SC (US);
Inventors:
John M. M. Anderson, Washington, DC (US);
Mandoye Ndoye, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Howard University, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); G01S 7/295 (2006.01); G01S 13/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G01S 13/90 (2006.01); G01S 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G01S 7/046 (2013.01); G01S 7/295 (2013.01); G01S 13/003 (2013.01); G01S 13/885 (2013.01); G01S 13/90 (2013.01);
Abstract
A majorize-minimize (MM) mathematical principle is applied to least squares regularization estimation problems to effect efficient processing of image data sets to provide good quality images. In a ground penetrating radar application, these approaches can reduce processing time and memory use by accounting for a symmetric nature of a given radar pulse, accounting for similar discrete time delays between transmission of a given radar pulse and reception of reflections from the given radar pulse, and accounting for a short duration of the given radar pulse.