An adaptive multiscaling imaging technique based on a fuzzy-logic strategy for dealing with the uncertainty of noisy scattering data

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 11 II, 2007, Pages 3265-3278

  Benedetti, Manuel ^a   Casagranda, Aronne ^a   Donelli, Massimo ^a   Massa, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Image reconstruction; Image resolution; Imaging; Inverse scattering; Iterative multiscaling approach; Microwave imaging; Noise; Reliability; Scattering; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FUZZY LOGIC; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE METHODS;

INVERSE SCATTERING; MICROWAVE IMAGING; NOISY SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 36849029124     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.908791     Document Type: Article

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