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However, the existing MTI methods suffer from the problems of insufficient training samples and low detection probability in a non-homogeneous clutter environment. To address these issues, this paper proposes a novel deep learning framework to improve target indication capability. First, combined with the problems of target indication caused by the non-homogeneous clutter, the clutter-plus-target training dataset was modeled by simulation, where various non-ideal factors, such as aircraft crabbing, array errors and internal clutter motion (ICM), were considered. The dataset considers various realistic situations, making the proposed method more robust. Then, a five-layer two-dimensional convolutional neural network (D2CNN) was designed and applied to learn the clutter and target characteristics distribution. The proposed D2CNN can predict the target with a high resolution to implement an end-to-end moving target indication (ETE-MTI) with a higher detection accuracy. In this D2CNN, the input was obtained by the clutter-plus-target angle-Doppler spectrum with a low-resolution estimated only by a few samples. The label was given by the target angle-Doppler spectrum with a high-resolution obtained by the target\u2019s exact angle and Doppler. Thirdly, the proposed method used a few samples to improve the target indication and detection probability, which solved the problem of insufficient samples in the non-homogeneous clutter environments. To elaborate, the proposed method directly implements ETE-MTI without the support of the conventional STAP algorithm to suppress the clutter. The results verify the validity and the robustness of the proposed ETE-MTI with a few samples in the non-homogeneous and low signal-to-clutter ratio (SCR) environments.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14215354","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,26]],"date-time":"2022-10-26T07:17:48Z","timestamp":1666768668000},"page":"5354","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["End-to-End Moving Target Indication for Airborne Radar Using Deep Learning"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7166-0397","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yao","family":"Gu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China"}]},{"given":"Jianxin","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China"}]},{"given":"Yuyuan","family":"Fang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China"}]},{"given":"Lei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China"}]},{"given":"Qiang","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Institute of Tracking Telecommunications Technology, Beijing 100094, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"107532.1","DOI":"10.1016\/j.sigpro.2020.107532","article-title":"A robust STAP beamforming algorithm for GNSS receivers in high dynamic environment","volume":"172","author":"Wang","year":"2020","journal-title":"Signal Process."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Zhao, Y., Wu, J., Suo, Z., Liu, X., and Liang, Y. 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