Specialized Radar Applications
The chapter discusses advanced radar applications, particularly focusing on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Radar Tomography, and Radar-based Microwave Imaging. It highlights how these technologies are utilized for non-destructive testing, subsurface imaging, and medical diagnostics, showcasing their capabilities in revealing hidden structures, internal details, and providing safe imaging alternatives. Various principles, applications, and numerical methods for interpreting radar data are detailed, demonstrating their significance across diverse fields.
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What we have learnt
- GPR uses electromagnetic pulses to detect subsurface structures and materials.
- Radar tomography enables 3D imaging by collecting multiple radar measurements from various angles.
- Microwave imaging provides non-ionizing alternatives for medical diagnostics and non-destructive testing.
Key Concepts
- -- Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
- A non-destructive geophysical method that uses radar pulses to image subsurface structures and detect objects.
- -- Radar Tomography
- An advanced technique that creates detailed three-dimensional reconstructions from radar data, similar to CT scans but using radar waves.
- -- Microwave Imaging
- A method that utilizes microwave frequencies to visualize internal structures of materials and biological tissues.
- -- Dielectric Constant
- A measure of a material's ability to store electrical energy in an electric field, influencing radar signal propagation.
- -- Inverse Scattering
- A numerical approach used in microwave imaging to deduce material properties from scattered waves.
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