An Electromagnetic Time-Reversal Imaging Algorithm for Moisture Detection in Polymer Foam in an Industrial Microwave Drying System
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Problem Formulation
2.1. Scattering Model and Time-Reversal Imaging
2.2. Dyadic Green Function of Multilayered Media
3. TRI-DORT Simulation Results
3.1. Low-Contrast Media
3.2. High-Contrast Media
3.3. Single Frequency TRI
3.4. Moderately Rough Surface
4. Experimental Results
5. Conclusions and Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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M% | 0 | 30 | 36 |
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NRMS % | 2.42 | 1.89 | 1.94 | 2.15 |
f (GHz) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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6.6654 | 2.029 | 2.4659 | 2.694 |
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Omrani, A.; Yadav, R.; Link, G.; Lähivaara, T.; Vauhkonen, M.; Jelonnek, J. An Electromagnetic Time-Reversal Imaging Algorithm for Moisture Detection in Polymer Foam in an Industrial Microwave Drying System. Sensors 2021, 21, 7409. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217409
Omrani A, Yadav R, Link G, Lähivaara T, Vauhkonen M, Jelonnek J. An Electromagnetic Time-Reversal Imaging Algorithm for Moisture Detection in Polymer Foam in an Industrial Microwave Drying System. Sensors. 2021; 21(21):7409. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217409
Chicago/Turabian StyleOmrani, Adel, Rahul Yadav, Guido Link, Timo Lähivaara, Marko Vauhkonen, and John Jelonnek. 2021. "An Electromagnetic Time-Reversal Imaging Algorithm for Moisture Detection in Polymer Foam in an Industrial Microwave Drying System" Sensors 21, no. 21: 7409. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217409
APA StyleOmrani, A., Yadav, R., Link, G., Lähivaara, T., Vauhkonen, M., & Jelonnek, J. (2021). An Electromagnetic Time-Reversal Imaging Algorithm for Moisture Detection in Polymer Foam in an Industrial Microwave Drying System. Sensors, 21(21), 7409. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217409