THz-Imaging Through-the-Wall Using the Born and Rytov Approximation

Abstract

We investigated an inverse imaging problem by applying the Rytov approximation for Through-the-Wall Imaging using THz waves. In the beginning, we studied some properties of THz waves and the physical conditions for THz imaging in matter. Then we started with Maxwell's equations to derive a model for the transmission of Green's functions and used a Lippman-Schwinger integral equation and Rytov approximation to predict the scattered field. We applied the L-curve method for the selection of regularization parameters and then presented the reconstruction algorithm and illustrated the result with numerical simulations. We also compare this result to the one obtained by the Born approximation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA494169

Entities

People

  • Kwangmoon Lee

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Born Approximations
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Equations
  • Frequency Bands
  • Integral Equations
  • Materials Science
  • Optics
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Simulations
  • Terahertz Radiation
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)