Microwave imaging in layered media: 3-D image reconstruction from experimental data

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 440-448

  Yu, Chun ^a   Yuan, Mengqing ^a   Zhang, Yangjun ^b   Stang, John ^a   George, Rhett T ^a   Ybarra, Gary A ^a   Joines, William T ^a   Liu, Qing Huo ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Experimental data reconstruction; Inverse scattering; Layered medium; Microwave imaging; Nonlinear inverse scattering algorithm; Object detection

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INVERSE SCATTERING; INVERSE SCATTERING ALGORITHM; LAYERED MEDIUM; MICROWAVE IMAGING; OBJECT DETECTION;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; REPAIR; SCATTERING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 76849101969     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2037770     Document Type: Article

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