Augmentation Algorithms of Radar Signals Dataset via Wigner-Ville Images.

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Title: Augmentation Algorithms of Radar Signals Dataset via Wigner-Ville Images.
Authors: Zhao, Dazhi1 zhaodazhimail@163.com, Huang, Lei1 1437216871@qq.com, Zhou, Hui1 1048345246@qq.com, Zhang, Zelin2 20170020@huat.edu.cn
Source: Engineering Letters. May2026, Vol. 34 Issue 5, p1469-1477. 9p.
Subjects: Data augmentation, Radar signal processing, Signal-to-noise ratio, Time-frequency analysis, Deep learning
Abstract: Deep learning for radar signal classification is constrained by scarce labeled data and high acquisition costs. To address this, radar waveforms--including Linear Frequency Modulation (LFM), Rectangular (Rect), and Barker--are transformed into time-frequency images via the Wigner-Ville Distribution (WVD) and augmented using four image-based methods: Random Erasing (RE), Histogram Equalization (HE), Grayscale Adjustment (GA), and Image Inversion (II). In clean conditions, augmentation improves accuracy, with higher structural similarity (SSIM) correlating with stronger gains, while severe distortion degrades performance. Under varying signal-to-noise ratios, all methods show performance decline at lower SNRs--more pronounced for low-SSIM methods--with recovery toward clean-condition levels at higher SNRs. These results confirm that preserving time-frequency structural fidelity is critical in both clean and noisy environments. The approach effectively mitigates data scarcity and demonstrates cross-domain applicability of image-based augmentation in radar signal processing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Deep learning for radar signal classification is constrained by scarce labeled data and high acquisition costs. To address this, radar waveforms--including Linear Frequency Modulation (LFM), Rectangular (Rect), and Barker--are transformed into time-frequency images via the Wigner-Ville Distribution (WVD) and augmented using four image-based methods: Random Erasing (RE), Histogram Equalization (HE), Grayscale Adjustment (GA), and Image Inversion (II). In clean conditions, augmentation improves accuracy, with higher structural similarity (SSIM) correlating with stronger gains, while severe distortion degrades performance. Under varying signal-to-noise ratios, all methods show performance decline at lower SNRs--more pronounced for low-SSIM methods--with recovery toward clean-condition levels at higher SNRs. These results confirm that preserving time-frequency structural fidelity is critical in both clean and noisy environments. The approach effectively mitigates data scarcity and demonstrates cross-domain applicability of image-based augmentation in radar signal processing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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