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In designing the MIMO imaging radar arrays, the commonly used virtual array theory generally assumes that all elements are on the same line. However, due to the physical size of the antennas and coupling effect between T\/R elements, a certain height difference between T\/R arrays is essential, which will result in the defocusing of edge points of the scene. On the other hand, the virtual array theory implies far-field approximation. Therefore, with a MIMO array designed by this theory, there will exist inevitable high grating lobes in the imaging results of near-field edge points of the scene. To tackle these problems, this paper derives the relationship between target\u2019s point spread function (PSF) and pattern of T\/R arrays, by which the design criterion is presented for near-field imaging MIMO arrays. Firstly, the proper height between T\/R arrays is designed to focus the near-field edge points well. 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