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Compared with conventional frequency-based imaging algorithms, the time-domain back-projection algorithm (TDBPA) can greatly ensure the accuracy of imaging and phase-preserving by point-to-point coherent integration but suffers from huge computational complexity. In this paper, we propose an efficient InSAR imaging method, called a frequency-domain back-projection algorithm (FDBPA), to achieve high-resolution focusing and accurate phase-preserving of InSAR imaging. More specifically, FDBPA is utilized to replace the traditional point-to-point coherent integration of TDBPA with frequency-domain transform. It divides the echo spectrum into uniform grids and transforms the range compression data into the range frequency domain. Phase compensation and non-uniform Fourier transform of the underlying scene are implemented to achieve image focusing in the wavenumber domain. Then, the interferometric phase of the target scene can be preserved by accurate phase compensation of the target\u2019s distance. FDBPA avoids the repetitive calculation of index values and point-to-point coherent integration which reduces the time complexity compared with TDBPA. The characteristics of focusing and phase-preserving of our method are analyzed via simulations and experiments. The results demonstrate the efficiency and high-quality imaging of the FDBPA method. It can improve the imaging efficiency by more than three times, while keeping similar imaging accuracy compared with TDBPA.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12213527","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,29]],"date-time":"2020-10-29T09:44:53Z","timestamp":1603964693000},"page":"3527","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["FDBP-InSAR: An Efficient Algorithm for InSAR Imaging via Frequency Domain Back Projection"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Shunjun","family":"Wei","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6251-0274","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yue","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6121-3080","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jiadian","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}]},{"given":"Shan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}]},{"given":"Mou","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}]},{"given":"Xiaoling","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Pi, Y., Yang, J., and Fu, Y. 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