Forward-Looking Ground-Penetrating Radar via a Linear Inverse Scattering Approach

Author

Catapano, Ilaria ; Affinito, Antonio ; Del Moro, Alessio ; Alli, Giovanni ; Soldovieri, Francesco

Author_Institution

Inst. for Electromagn. Sensing of the Environ., Naples, Italy

Volume

53

Issue

10

fYear

2015

fDate

Oct. 2015

Firstpage

5624

Lastpage

5633

Abstract

An inverse scattering approach has been designed to process data gathered by means of forward-looking ground-penetrating radar systems. Such an inverse approach exploits a linear model of the scattering phenomenon and is able to account for the half-space 2-D geometry. In this frame, a theoretical study on the achievable reconstruction capabilities is provided with the aim to estimate the range and cross-range resolution limits and gain indications about the issue of how to design the measurement configuration. Finally, numerical and experimental examples are provided to assess the effectiveness of the approach.

Keywords

ground penetrating radar; inverse problems; cross-range resolution limits; forward-looking ground-penetrating radar; half-space 2-D geometry; linear inverse scattering approach; linear model; measurement configuration; reconstruction capabilities; Geometry; Image reconstruction; Imaging; Inverse problems; Permittivity; Soil; Spatial resolution; Experimental data; forward-looking ground-penetrating radar (FLGPR); inverse scattering; resolution limits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TGRS.2015.2426502

Filename

7113835