Multi-illumination approach based on a memetic algorithm for the electromagnetic imaging of cylindrical inhomogeneities

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 653-658

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHTING; TESTING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC IMAGING;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS;

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC INVERSE PROBLEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; EQUATIONS; MEMETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; SHAPE;

EID: 0038507605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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