Time-domain ultra-wideband imaging radar experiment for verifying super-resolution in nonlinear inverse scattering

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1243-1260

  Chen, Fu Chiarng ^a   Chew, Weng Cho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; DATA ACQUISITION; MICROWAVES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; RADAR IMAGING; TRANSMITTERS;

NONLINEAR INVERSE SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0042806033     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939303322520007     Document Type: Article

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