Title :
UWB Source Localization by Using the Pseudospectral Time-Domain Time-Reversal Method in Biological Tissues
Author :
Cruciani, Silvano ; Feliziani, Mauro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. & Inf. Eng. & Econ., Univ. of L´Aquila, L´Aquila, Italy
Abstract :
The applicability of the time-reversal theory by the pseudospectral time-domain method is investigated to localize a medical implant equipped with an ultrawideband radio and embedded in a randomly lossy dielectric medium. A localization algorithm is implemented and tested for various test cases. A comparative analysis with the finite difference time-domain method implementation is performed in terms of memory occupation and computational time.
Keywords :
biological tissues; finite difference time-domain analysis; prosthetics; ultra wideband communication; UWB source localization; biological tissues; finite difference time-domain method; medical implant; memory occupation; pseudospectral time-domain time-reversal method; random lossy dielectric medium; ultrawideband radio; Conductivity; Electromagnetic scattering; Finite difference methods; Media; Observers; Permittivity; Time-domain analysis; Finite difference time-domain (FDTD); locating system; pseudospectral method; time reversal (TR); ultrawideband (UWB) technology;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2014.2361854
