Scan-to-scan integration-correlation for the detection of small fast targets

Abstract

Conventional scan-to-scan integration-correlation (SIC) algorithms comprise a signal weighting part, scan-to-scan integration (SI), together with a signal selection part, scan-to-scan correlation (SC). Such currently used SIC algorithms can detect "small, stationary" targets, i.e., targets with low signal-to-clutter ratio and zero or low speed, but not "small, fast" targets, i.e., "small", relatively high speed targets. However, detection of these "small, fast" targets is the primary purpose of SIC. This paper presents a new SIC algorithm which fulfils this aim.