The Ultra WideBand Short-Pulse (UWB-SP) Radar used for detecting targets is a promising technique in counter-terrorism, calamity rescue scenarios, urban-warfare and other fields as its high range resolution, strong penetrating power and good resolving ability. The detecting of targets through wall is an important application based on UWB-SP Radar. As the SEABED algorithm (a new target localization and identification algorithm) based on the UWB-SP Radar is not applicable for that application, this paper proposes a new algorithm to offset the influence brought from the wall firstly and then obtain the image of targets behind the wall by using the SEABED algorithm. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can remove the effect of the wall visibly and the imaging results can estimate the shape of targets well.
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