Three-dimensional near-field microwave holography using reflected and transmitted signals

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4777-4789

  Amineh, Reza K ^a   Ravan, Maryam ^a   Khalatpour, Ali ^a   Nikolova, Natalia K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image reconstruction; microwave holography; near field microwave imaging

Indexed keywords

2-D SLICE; COMPLEX SCATTERING PARAMETERS; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; IMAGE ARTIFACTS; INCIDENT FIELDS; MICROWAVE IMAGING; NEAR-FIELD; NEAR-FIELD RANGE; RANDOM NOISE; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; TRANSMITTED SIGNAL; WIDEBAND TRANSMISSIONS;

ANTENNAS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE HOLOGRAPHY; MICROWAVES; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 81455158789     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2165496     Document Type: Article

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