Microwave and Millimeter Wave Imaging Using Synthetic Aperture Focusing and Holographical Techniques

Download or read book Microwave and Millimeter Wave Imaging Using Synthetic Aperture Focusing and Holographical Techniques written by Joseph T. Case and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Microwave and millimeter wave nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDT & E) methods have shown great potential for determining material composition in composite structures, determining material thickness or debond thickness between two layers, and determining he location and size of flaws, defects, and anomalies. The same testing methods have also shown great potential to produce relatively high-resolution images of voids inside Spray On Foam Insulation (SOFI) test panels using real focused methods employing lens antennas. An alternative to real focusing methods are synthetic focusing methods. The essence of synthetic focusing is to match the phase of the scattered signal to measured points spaced regularly on a plane. Many variations of synthetic focusing methods have already been developed for radars, ultrasonic testing applications, and microwave concealed weapon detection. Two synthetic focusing methods were investigated; namely, a) frequency-domain synthetic aperture focusing technique (FD-SAFT), and b) wide-band microwave holography"--Abstract, leaf iii.