Effective exploitation of the a priori information through a microwave imaging procedure based on the SMW for NDE/NDT applications

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2584-2591

  Benedetti, Manuel ^b   Donelli, Massimo ^b   Franceschini, Gabriele ^b   Pastorino, Matteo ^a,c   Massa, Andrea ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d PIERS Technical Committee   (Italy)

^e European Microwave Association (EuMA)   (Italy)

^f Inter Univ Res Ctr for Interactions between Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Systems   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms (GAs); Microwave imaging; Nondestructive testing and evaluation; Sherman Morrison Woodbury (SMW) formula

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD COMPUTATION; MICROWAVE IMAGING; NONDESTRUCTIVE TEST AND EVALUATION; SHERMAN-MORRISON-WOODBURRY FORMULA (SMW);

COMPUTATION THEORY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

MICROWAVES;

EID: 27844525845     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.856630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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