Improved microwave imaging procedure for nondestructive evaluations of two-dimensional structures

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1386-1397

  Caorsi, Salvatore ^a   Massa, Andrea ^b   Pastorino, Matteo ^c   Donelli, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms (GAs); Green's function; Microwave imaging; Nondestructive evaluation (NDE)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

INVERSE SCATTERING; MICROWAVE IMAGING; STOCHASTIC MINIMIZATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES;

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 2942724600     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.830254     Document Type: Article

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