Time-domain ultra-wideband microwave imaging radar system

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 313-331

  Chen, F C ^a   Chew, W C ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REMOTE SENSING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

IMAGING RADAR SYSTEM; INVERSE SCATTERING IMAGING ALGORITHMS; MICROWAVE RADAR SYSTEM; TIME DOMAIN IMAGING SYSTEM; ULTRAWIDEBAND RADAR SYSTEM;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038359449     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939303322235842     Document Type: Article

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