[ESoA] Microwave Imaging and Diagnostics: Theory, Techniques, and Applications

PhD Schools

[ESoA] Microwave Imaging and Diagnostics: Theory, Techniques, and Applications

Taormina, Italy
10th October 2016
Organizer(s):  Prof. Andrea MASSA, Prof. Tommaso ISERNIA
Teacher(s):  Dr. Lorenzo Crocco, Dr. Loreto Di Donato, Prof. Tommaso Isernia, Prof. Panagiotis Kosmas, Prof. Fernando Las-Heras, Prof. Joe Lo Vetri, Prof. Andrea Massa, Dr. Andrea Morabito, Prof. Giacomo Oliveri, Prof. Paolo Rocca

The exploitation of electromagnetic field data as a sensing tool paves the way to a number of interesting engineering applications including antenna testing and characterization, biomedical diagnostics, humanitarian demining, archeological prospection, through-the-wall imaging, non-destructive testing of transport infrastructures and buildings, and many others.

This course, after reviewing fundamental equations and main difficulties of inverse problems in high-frequency electromagnetics, will focus on classical and recently introduced solution procedures and algorithms, discussing capabilities, limitations, and perspectives of both approximate and ‘exact’ reconstruction methods. Applicative examples, including exercises and lessons regarding specific applications, with focus on the topics of relevant COST Actions (Medical Imaging: http://cost-action-td1301.org; GPR: www.gpradar.eu), will corroborate the developed concepts.

Course Contents

  • Motivations and Basics of Microwave Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Inverse Source Problems : difficulties, basic tools, applications
  • Qualitative and approximate methods for inverse scattering
  • ‘Full wave’ methods for quantitative imaging: difficulties, tools, examples
  • Applications:
    ‒ Antenna diagnostics
    ‒ Medical imaging : present and perspective
    ‒ Applications in Civil Engineering

Organization

Course Coordinators
  • Prof. Andrea MASSA, ELEDIA Research Center (ELEDIA@UniTN), University of Trento
  • Prof. Tommaso ISERNIA, LEMMA Group, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Course Teachers
  • Dr. Lorenzo CROCCO
  • Prof. Tommaso ISERNIA
  • Prof. Panagiotis KOSMAS
  • Prof. Fernando LAS-HERAS
  • Prof. Joa LO VETRI
  • Prof. Andrea MASSA
  • Prof. Paolo ROCCA
  • Dr. Loreto DI DONATO
  • Dr. Andrea MORABITO
  • Prof. Giacomo OLIVERI
Date

From: 2016-10-10 09:30
To: 2016-10-14 16:30

Venue

Taormina, Italy

More Information:

Flyer.ESoA-Course.2016.microwave_imaging.pdf