A Controlled-Site Comparison of Microwave Tomography and Time-Reversal Imaging Techniques for GPR Surveys
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Vinicius Rafael Neris Dos Santos 1,*
, Emerson Rodrigo Almeida 1, Jorge Luís Porsani 1, Fernando Lisboa Teixeira 2 and Francesco Soldovieri 3
Vinicius Rafael Neris Dos Santos 1,*, Emerson Rodrigo Almeida 1, Jorge Luís Porsani 1, Fernando Lisboa Teixeira 2 and Francesco Soldovieri 3
1
Departamento de Geofisica, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil
2
ElectroScience Laboratory and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43221, USA
3
IREA-CNR, Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment, National Research Council of Italy, via Diocleziano 328, 80124 Napoli, Italy
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Remote Sens. 2018, 10(2), 214; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10020214
Received: 2 October 2017 / Revised: 10 January 2018 / Accepted: 26 January 2018 / Published: 1 February 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Frontiers of Multiscale Monitoring, Analysis and Modeling of Environmental Systems via Integration of Remote and Proximal Sensing Measurements)
This paper provides a comparative study between microwave tomography and synthetic time-reversal imaging techniques as applied to ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys. The comparison is carried out by processing experimental data collected at a controlled test site, with different types of buried targets at given subsurface depths and representative soil conditions. It is shown that the two techniques allow us to obtain complementary information about position, depth and size of the targets from a single GPR survey.
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Dos Santos, V.R.N.; Almeida, E.R.; Porsani, J.L.; Teixeira, F.L.; Soldovieri, F. A Controlled-Site Comparison of Microwave Tomography and Time-Reversal Imaging Techniques for GPR Surveys. Remote Sens. 2018, 10, 214.
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