Quasi-three-dimensional method of moments for analyzing electromagnetic wave scattering in microwave tomography systems

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 216-222

  Hu, Jin Lin ^a,b   Wu, Zhipeng ^a   McCann, Hugh ^a   Davis, Lionel Edward ^a   Xie, Cheng Gang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dielectric object; Dipole array; Electric field integral equation; Electromagnetic wave scattering; Fourier series; Method of moments (MoM); Microwave tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROWAVES; TOMOGRAPHY;

DIELECTRIC OBJECTS; DIPOLE ARRAYS; ELECTRIC FIELD INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; FOURIER SERIES; MICROWAVE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 16444368867     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2004.842294     Document Type: Article

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