Analysis of SAR images by multidimensional wavelet transform

The description and development are described of a multidimensional continuous wavelet transform for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image analysis, especially for the analysis of ´dispersive´ reflectors located on a ground illuminated by a SAR. The usual imaging process makes the assumption that the reflectors are isotropic (i.e. that they behave the same way regardless of the angle from which they are viewed) and white (they have the same properties within the emitted frequency bandwidth). New imaging capacities (offering large bandwidth, low band and large angular excursions of analysis, for example) make these assumptions obsolete. The goal is to present methods based on the multidimensional continuous wavelet transform which highlight these effects for target recognition or identification. Some examples of this analysis are given by processing real data collected in X-band by the RAMSES airborne SAR facilities at ONERA