Advanced processing techniques for step-frequency continuous-wave penetrating radar: The case study of "Palazzo Vecchio" walls (Firenze, Italy)

Research in Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 71-83

  Pieraccini, Massimiliano ^a   Noferini, L ^a   Mecatti, D ^a   Luzi, G ^a   Atzeni, C ^a   Persico, R ^b   Soldovieri, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage; Inverse scattering technique; Step frequency continuous wave (SF CW); Surface penetrating radar (SPR); Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CULTURAL HERITAGE; INVERSE SCATTERING TECHNIQUE; STEP-FREQUENCY CONTINUOUS-WAVE PENETRATING RADAR; SURFACE PENETRATING RADAR;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646543278     PISSN: 09349847     EISSN: 14322110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09349840600689475     Document Type: Article

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