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In this paper, we propose a track-before-detect (TBD) method based on information geometry (IG) theory applied to range-azimuth measurements, which extends the IG detectors to multi-frame detection through inter-frame information integration. The approach capitalizes on the distinctive benefits of the information geometry detection framework in scenarios with strong clutter, while enhancing the integration of information across multiple frames within the TBD approach. Specifically, target and clutter trajectories in multi-frame range-azimuth measurements are modeled on the Hermitian positive definite (HPD) and power spectrum (PS) manifolds. A scoring function based on information geometry, which uses Kullback\u2013Leibler (KL) divergence as a geometric metric, is then devised to assess these motion trajectories. Moreover, this study devises a solution framework employing dynamic programming (DP) with constraints on state transitions, culminating in an integrated merit function. This algorithm identifies target trajectories by maximizing the integrated merit function. Experimental validation using real-recorded sea clutter datasets showcases the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, yielding a minimum 3 dB enhancement in signal-to-clutter ratio (SCR) compared to traditional approaches.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e27060637","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,16]],"date-time":"2025-06-16T10:47:22Z","timestamp":1750070842000},"page":"637","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["An Information Geometry-Based Track-Before-Detect Algorithm for Range-Azimuth Measurements in Radar Systems"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"27","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-4419-2680","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jinguo","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8679-1274","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hao","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6087-6571","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zheng","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7687-7720","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaoqiang","family":"Hua","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0127-384X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yongqiang","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"212","DOI":"10.1109\/TAES.2023.3322389","article-title":"Adaptive Radar Detection in Heterogeneous Clutter Plus Thermal Noise via the Expectation-Maximization Algorithm","volume":"60","author":"Coluccia","year":"2024","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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