Microwave imaging methods and applications / Matteo Pastorino, Andrea Randazzo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pastorino, Matteo, author.

Randazzo, Andrea, author.

Series:

Artech House microwave library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microwave imaging--Industrial applications.

Microwave imaging.

Physical Description:

x, 284 páginas : il. ; 24 cm

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston ; London : Artech House, 2018.

Summary:

Microwave Imaging Methods and Applications provides practitioners and researchers with a complete overview of the latest and most important noninvasive and nondestructive techniques for inspecting structures and bodies by using microwaves. Placing emphasis on applications, the book considers many areas, from medical imaging and security ... to industrial engineering and subsurface prospection. For each application, readers are presented with the objectives of the inspection and related challenges. Moreover, this groundbreaking resource details computational methods that can be used to solve inverse problems related to specific applications.nnIncluding clear examples or the most significant practical results, this forward-looking reference focuses on systems that have been recently developed. Professionals gain the knowledge needed to compare imaging methods used in different applications and develop new uses of imaging apparatuses and systems. Publisher abstract.

Contents:

Microwave Imaging Methods and Applications

Contents

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Basic Concepts of Microwave Imaging Systems and Electromagnetic Characterization of Materials

2.1 Active Imaging Systems

2.1.1 Microwave Frequencies

2.1.2 Illuminating systems

2.1.3 Receiving Systems

2.1.4 Interaction Between the Incident Field and the Target to be Inspected

2.2 Dielectric Properties of the Medium

2.2.1 Parametric Models of the Dielectric Properties

References

3 Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Imaging and Inverse Scattering

3.1 Electromagnetic Scattering

3.2 Two-Dimensional Inverse Scattering

3.3 Inverse Scattering Solving Procedures: the Example of a Gauss-Newton Method in Lp Banach Spaces

4 Microwave Imaging in Civil Engineering and Industrial Applications

4.1 Potentialities and Limitations of Microwave Imaging in Civil Engineering and Industrial Applications

4.2 Electromagnetic Characterization of Some Materials Used in Civil and Industrial Microwave Imaging

4.2.1 Dielectric Properties of Concrete

4.2.2 Dielectric Properties of Plastic Materials

4.2.3 Dielectric Properties of Food and Vegetables

4.2.4 Dielectric Properties of Wood

4.3 Imaging Of Civil Structures

4.4 Imaging of Plastic Materials

4.5 Imaging of Metallic Structures

4.6 Imaging of Wood Materials

4.7 Microwave Imaging in Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Food Industry, and Other Applications

5 Microwave Imaging for Biomedical Applications

5.1 Potentialities and Limitation of Microwave Imaging in Biomedical Applications

5.2 Electromagnetic Characterization of Biological Materials

5.2.1 Dielectric Properties of Breast Tissues

5.2.2 Dielectric Properties of Brain Tissues

5.2.3 Dielectric Properties of Matching Media

5.3 Numerical and Experimental Phantoms.

5.3.1 Breast Models

5.3.2 Head Models

5.4 Breast Imaging

5.4.1 Beamforming-Based Imaging Techniques

5.4.2 Inverse Scattering Techniques

5.4.3 Overview of Experimental Apparatuses

5.5 Brain Stroke Imaging

5.5.1 Approaches Based on Classification

5.5.2 Qualitative Approaches

5.5.3 Quantitative Approaches Based on Inverse Scattering

5.5.4 Overview of Experimental Imaging Apparatuses

5.6 Other Medical Applications

6 Microwave Imaging for Subsurface Prospection

6.1 Potentialities and Limitations of Microwave Imaging for Subsurface Prospection

6.2 Dielectric Properties of the Soil

6.3 Ground Penetrating Radar Basics

6.4 Measurement Configurations for Subsurface Sensing

6.5 Migration Processing Techniques

6.6 Inverse Scattering-Based Approaches for Subsurface Prospecting

6.6.1 Linearized Approaches

6.6.2 Nonlinear Inversion Techniques

6.6.3 Other Approaches

6.7 Overview of Practical Implementations of Subsurface Imaging Systems

7 Microwave Imaging for Security Purposes

7.1 Potentialities and Limitations of Microwave Imaging for Security Applications

7.2 Through-The-Wall Imaging

7.2.1 Wall Characterization

7.2.2 Beamforming Approaches for TWI

7.2.3 Inverse Scattering Approaches for TWI

7.2.4 Overview of Practical Implementations of TWI Systems

7.3 Concealed Weapon Detection

8 New Trends and Future Developments

About the Authors

Index.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63081-526-8

OCLC:

1055828762