Phase unwrapping in the presence of scattering nulls and applications to microwave imaging

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Antennas, Radar, and Wave Propagation

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 125-131

  Fang, Qianqian ^a   Meaney, Paul M ^a   Paulsen, Keith D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Log magnitude phase form; Microwave imaging; Phase unwrapping; Scattering nulls

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; PERMITTIVITY;

LOG-MAGNITUDE PHASE FORMS; MICROWAVE IMAGING; PHASE UNWRAPPING; SCATTERING NULLS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 11144311281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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