Joint Time-Frequency Analysis for Investigation of Layered Masonry Structures Using Penetrating Radar

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 309-317

  Pieraccini, Massimiliano ^a   Luzi, Guido ^a   Noferini, Linhsia ^a   Mecatti, Daniele ^a   Atzeni, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continuous wave step frequency (CW SF); Joint time frequency analysis (JTFA); Microwave; Nondestructive testing; Radar

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCIES; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MICROWAVES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SCATTERING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE STEP FREQUENCY (CW-SF); JOINT TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS (JTFA); PENETRATING RADARS;

RADAR;

EID: 1442312107     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.817801     Document Type: Article

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