A reconstruction procedure for microwave nondestructive evaluation based on a numerically computed green's function

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 669-674

  Caorsi, S ^a   Massa, A ^b   Pastorino, M ^c   Randazzo, A ^c   Rosani, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MICROWAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

MICROWAVE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; MICROWAVE DIAGNOSTICS; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; PRIORI INFORMATION; REALISTIC SIMULATION; RECONSTRUCTION PROCEDURE;

EID: 0037493673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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