A Novel Autofocusing Approach for Real-Time Through-Wall Imaging Under Unknown Wall Characteristics

A novel real-time through-wall imaging (TWI) algorithm with autofocusing ability in the presence of wall ambiguities is proposed in this paper. The spectrum Green's function is employed to formulate the TWI algorithm, where the fast Fourier transform can be used to reconstruct the image in a very short computation time. The complex scattering process due to the presence of the wall is automatically included in the imaging formulation through the multilayer Green's function. The autofocusing is achieved by introducing a time factor in the TWI formulation to get a dynamic image at different focusing time. The image at the time instant when the defined entropy is minimized is stored as the output of the TWI result. Simulation results show that the proposed method can provide high-quality focused image in a short computation time regardless of the estimated value of the wall parameters.