Quantitative dielectric imaging system
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1. A three dimensional quantitative dielectric imaging system comprising:
- a transmitter for transmitting microwaves toward a target;
a receiver having an antenna disposed to receive waves scattered by the target in order to obtain a first set of scatter data in the form of a vector;
a processor for processing the first set of scatter data in order to generate a three dimensional profile of the dielectric permittivity of the target, wherein said processor uses an image reconstruction algorithm which utilizes predetermined matrices to operate on at least said first set of scatter data without inverting a matrix formed from said scatter data; and
an output device for displaying a selected amount of the three dimensional profile generated by the processor.
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Abstract
In a microwave imaging system, a three dimensional profile of the dielectric permittivity of a target is obtained. A transmitter transmits microwaves toward a target, and the target scatters the microwaves. The scattered waves are received by an antenna and are converted into suitable data for application to a digital computer. The computer processes the data using either a scattering matrix algorithm or a Fourier transform algorithm. The computer then generates data representative of a three dimensional profile of dielectric permittivity which can be displayed on a suitable display device such as a CRT.
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15 Claims
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1. A three dimensional quantitative dielectric imaging system comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting microwaves toward a target; a receiver having an antenna disposed to receive waves scattered by the target in order to obtain a first set of scatter data in the form of a vector; a processor for processing the first set of scatter data in order to generate a three dimensional profile of the dielectric permittivity of the target, wherein said processor uses an image reconstruction algorithm which utilizes predetermined matrices to operate on at least said first set of scatter data without inverting a matrix formed from said scatter data; and an output device for displaying a selected amount of the three dimensional profile generated by the processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A three dimensional quantitative dielectric imaging system comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting microwaves toward a target; a receiver having an antenna disposed to receive waves scattered by the target in order to obtain scatter data; a processor for processing the scatter data in order to generate a three dimensional profile of the dielectric permittivity of the target, wherein said processor uses a Fourier transform algorithm to generate the three dimensional profile; and an output device for displaying a selected amount of the three dimensional profile generated by the processor. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of quantitative dielectric imaging, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting microwaves from a transmitter toward a target; receiving the microwaves scattered by the target with an antenna of a receiver; converting the scattered microwaves into a first set of scatter data in the form of a vector; processing the first set of scatter data to generate a three dimensional profile of the dielectric permittivity of the target in accordance with an image reconstruction algorithm which utilizes predetermined matrices to operate on at least the first set of scatter data without inverting a matrix formed from said scatter data; and displaying a selected amount of the three dimensional profile on an output device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of quantitative dielectric imaging, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting microwaves from a transmitter toward a target; receiving the microwaves scattered by the target with the antenna of a receiver; converting the scattered microwaves into scatter data with the receiver; processing the scatter data in a processor in order to generate a three dimensional profile of the dielectric permittivity of the target, wherein the processing of the scatter data includes a mapping of a scattering field and the fourier space of the target in mutually exclusive dimensions; and displaying a selected amount of the three dimensional profile on an output device. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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