Localization of the interfaces of a slab hidden behind a wall

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2471-2482

  Soldovieri, Francesco ^a   Solimene, Raffaele ^b   Brancaccio, Adriana ^b   Pierri, Rocco ^b  

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

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Linear inverse scattering problem; Stepped frequency ground penetrating radar (GPR); Through wall imaging (TWI)

Indexed keywords

LINEAR INVERSE-SCATTERING PROBLEM; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; THROUGH-WALL IMAGING (TWI);

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INVERSE PROBLEMS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

RETAINING WALLS;

EID: 34547453156     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.900994     Document Type: Article

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