Hybrid FDTD and ray optics approximation for simulation of through-wall microwave imaging

Author

Dehmollaian, Mojtaba ; Sarabandi, Kamal

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

249

Lastpage

252

Abstract

In this paper the phenomenology of the near-field microwave imaging through walls is examined. A hybrid finite difference time domain (FDTD) numerical technique and physical optics (PO) approximation in conjunction with the phase conjugation method is used, for the computation of the transmitted field through different walls and image formation. Numerical results, delineating features of wideband and wide angle wave propagation and imaging through walls are presented

Keywords

electromagnetic wave propagation; finite difference time-domain analysis; microwave imaging; optical phase conjugation; physical optics; hybrid FDTD; hybrid finite difference time domain numerical technique; image formation; near-field through-wall microwave imaging; phase conjugation method; physical optics approximation; ray optics approximation; wide angle wave propagation; wideband wave propagation; Computational modeling; Finite difference methods; Microwave imaging; Optical computing; Optical imaging; Optical propagation; Physical optics; Physics computing; Time domain analysis; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1710502

Filename

1710502