Regional estimation of the dielectric properties of inhomogeneous objects using near-field reflection data

Inverse Problems

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Kurrant, Douglas ^a   Fear, Elise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC STRUCTURE; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; ILL POSED; INHOMOGENEOUS OBJECTS; INTERNAL GEOMETRY; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; INVERSE SCATTERING PROBLEMS; INVERSION TECHNIQUES; LOW RESOLUTION; MICROWAVE BREAST IMAGING; MICROWAVE TOMOGRAPHY; NEAR-FIELD; OUTER LAYER; PARAMETER SPACES; PRIORI INFORMATION; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; REFLECTION DATA; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SPATIAL FEATURES; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

ALGORITHMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADAR; TOMOGRAPHY;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84863845599     PISSN: 02665611     EISSN: 13616420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0266-5611/28/7/075001     Document Type: Article

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