Twi experimental results by a linear inverse scattering approach

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 91, Issue , 2009, Pages 259-272

  Solimene, R ^a   Brancaccio, A ^a   Pierri, R ^a   Soldovieri, F ^b  

^a Seconda Unviersita' di Napoli   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; RADAR SYSTEMS;

CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; LINEAR INVERSE SCATTERING; THROUGH-WALL IMAGING; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS; RETAINING WALLS;

EID: 65449179555     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09021609     Document Type: Article

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