• DocumentCode
    1492753
  • Title

    Imaging of unknown targets from measured scattering data

  • Author

    Pommet, D.A. ; Morris, J.B. ; McGahan, R.V. ; Fiddy, M.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Lowell, MA, USA
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    2/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    40
  • Lastpage
    44
  • Abstract
    We have adopted a simple signal-processing-based approach to solving the inverse-scattering problem. We have applied these techniques to real data, measured at Rome Laboratory using microwaves, and to model targets whose structure is known a priori, the so-called Ipswich mystery data. Making these data available to the imaging community at large, but without revealing the structure of the target, has proven to be a very important exercise when it comes to comparing different inversion techniques and their claimed success. In our case, data were processed using an inversion method based on cepstral filtering. All of the so-called mystery targets were imaged, although their resolution was poor. The poor resolution results in part from the limited number of data points used in the inversion step
  • Keywords
    cepstral analysis; electromagnetic wave scattering; image resolution; inverse problems; low-pass filters; radar imaging; radar resolution; Ipswich mystery data; cepstral filtering; inverse-scattering; resolution; scattering data; signal-processing-based approach; unknown targets; Electric variables measurement; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; Filtering; Force measurement; Integral equations; Inverse problems; Laboratories; Microwave imaging; Permittivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1045-9243
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/74.755024
  • Filename
    755024