Efficient Low-Frequency Inversion of 3-D Buried Objects with Large Contrasts

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-9

  Cui, Tie Jun ^a   Qin, Yao ^a   Ye, Yuan ^a   Wu, Jing ^a   Wang, Gong Li ^b   Chew, Weng Cho ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Born approximation; extended Born (ExBorn) approximation; high order formulations; linear inversion; low frequency detection; nonlinear inversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008014200     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.860207     Document Type: Article

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