On the role of measurement configuration in contactless GPR data processing by means of linear inverse scattering

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2062-2071

  Persico, Raffaele ^a  

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

Author keywords

Born approximation; Ground penetrating radar (GPR) prospecting; Inverse scattering

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BORN APPROXIMATION; HALF SPACE GEOMETRY; INVERSE SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 33746863276     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.877170     Document Type: Article

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