Detection of buried dielectric cavities using the finite-difference time-domain method in conjunction with signal processing techniques

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1289-1294

  Ma, Ji Fu ^b   Yu, Wen Hua ^a,b   Mittra, Raj ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; EXTRAPOLATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; RADAR IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BURIED DIELECTRIC CAVITIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; UNDERGROUND RADAR;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034261637     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.898760     Document Type: Article

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