Imaging Diagnostics of Inside of a Building Wall Using Millimeter-Wave Reflectometer
Abstract
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Reflectometric Measurement
2.1. Principle
2.2. Principle Verification
3. Practical Application
3.1. System Fabrication
3.2. Signal Processing
4. Experimental Results and Discussion
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- Non-adhesive state: red dot.
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- Half-adhesive state: yellow dot.
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- Adhesive state: green dot.
5. Conclusions
6. Patents
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample Type | Adhesion Rate Evaluated from Microwave Measurement | Adhesion Rate Evaluated from Visual Inspection | Difference between Microwave Measurement and Visual Inspection |
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Normal | 56.9% | 61.0% | 4.1 pp |
Hollow | 77.0% | 75.0% | 2.0 pp |
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Osaki, S.; Mase, A.; Hirata, Y.; Iwakura, M. Imaging Diagnostics of Inside of a Building Wall Using Millimeter-Wave Reflectometer. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2879. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12062879
Osaki S, Mase A, Hirata Y, Iwakura M. Imaging Diagnostics of Inside of a Building Wall Using Millimeter-Wave Reflectometer. Applied Sciences. 2022; 12(6):2879. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12062879
Chicago/Turabian StyleOsaki, Shota, Atsushi Mase, Yoshikazu Hirata, and Munehiro Iwakura. 2022. "Imaging Diagnostics of Inside of a Building Wall Using Millimeter-Wave Reflectometer" Applied Sciences 12, no. 6: 2879. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12062879