SAR Refocusing Quality Report

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Acquisition modeSTANDARD
Refocusing Overall Assessment
PASS

Summary of Results

Full image (19020 × 16288) Judged
MetricMeasured valueThresholdResult
Z-score |MERV|/ω = 0.3645 (MERV=-0.0400, ω=0.1097) PASS ≤ 10
WARN ≤ 15
PASS
QPE |QPE| = 0.0141 rad (K=-0.06547, T_a=0.5244s) PASS ≤ 0.7854
WARN ≤ 1.5708
PASS
Min Entropy 17.3957 @ Δv = -0.0400 m/s Reference only OK

Detailed Results

Entropy vs Velocity Error

Entropy of the image refocused while varying the velocity error (Δv). The point of minimum entropy (green dashed line, MERV) is the velocity error giving the best focus. Blue dots are the global coarse search; the red line is the fine search around the minimum. A MERV close to 0 means the original image is already accurately focused.

Z-score Visualization

Evaluates whether the detected MERV is statistically significant. The red curve is the actual entropy and the black dashed line is a parabolic approximation built from the curvature (κ) at the minimum; the noise level ω is determined from their difference (residual). The green shaded band (±ω) is that noise range. Z-score = |MERV|/ω: if MERV is smaller than the noise range ω (Z-score < threshold), the detected velocity error is indistinguishable from noise, so no real error is assumed and the focus is judged accurate.

Focused Image Comparison (Best / Original / Worst)

Comparison of images refocused at the MERV (best) and at the maximum-entropy point (worst). Top: full image (downsampled); bottom: area around the brightest point target, zoomed in at original resolution (red box). If the point is sharper in best, the focus is good.

Focused Image Comparison (Best / Original / Worst)