Waveguide microwave imaging: Neural network reconstruction of functional 2-D permittivity profiles

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 406-414

  Brovko, Alexander V ^a   Murphy, Ethan K ^b   Yakovlev, Vadim V ^b  

^a SARATOV STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network (ANN); Finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulation; Microwave imaging; Model functions; Permittivity profile; S parameters; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; MICROWAVE IMAGING; MODEL FUNCTIONS; PERMITTIVITY PROFILE; S -PARAMETERS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVES; PERMITTIVITY; REPAIR; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVEGUIDES;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 77958104378     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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