Equalization of the antenna pattern in shape reconstruction of metallic objects

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3865-3873

  Soldovieri, Francesco ^a   Prisco, Giancarlo ^b   Solimene, Raffaele ^b,c  

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

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Physical optics approximation; Shape reconstruction; Singular value decomposition

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PATTERN; BACKGROUND MEDIUM; EQUALIZATION STRATEGY; HALF-SPACE; ILL-POSEDNESS; INCIDENT FIELDS; MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION; METALLIC OBJECTS; PERFECTLY ELECTRIC CONDUCTING; PHYSICAL OPTICS APPROXIMATION; RADIATION PATTERNS; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; SHAPE RECONSTRUCTION; SYNTHETIC DATA;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); PHYSICAL OPTICS; REPAIR;

SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 35348899315     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.886497     Document Type: Article

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