Application of an Inexact-Newton Method Within the Second-Order Born Approximation to Buried Objects

Author

Bozza, Giovanni ; Estatico, Claudio ; Pastorino, Matteo ; Randazzo, Andrea

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biophys. & Electron. Eng., Genoa Univ.

Volume

4

Issue

1

fYear

2007

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

55

Abstract

The imaging of buried objects is a challenging topic in electromagnetic research. In this letter, a method previously proposed for imaging of scatterers in free-space is extended to the case of objects buried in a lossy half-space. The proposed approach is based on the solution of the underlying inverse-scattering problem within the second-order Born approximation by means of a two-step inexact-Newton algorithm. The capabilities and limitations of the method are evaluated by means of some numerical simulations. Furthermore, comparisons with the free-space approach are also reported

Keywords

buried object detection; image recognition; image reconstruction; inverse problems; buried objects; electromagnetic research; inexact-Newton method; inverse-scattering problem; lossy half space; scatterers; second-order born approximation; two-step inexact-Newton algorithm; Approximation algorithms; Approximation methods; Buried object detection; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic scattering; Image reconstruction; Inverse problems; Permeability; Permittivity; Senior members; Buried objects; Newton method; inverse scattering; iterative regularization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1545-598X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LGRS.2006.885864

Filename

4063279