1. SOLUTION OF INVERSE PROBLEM USING TIME REVERSAL TECHNIQUES.
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Reyes-Rodríguez, S., Bardel, C., Lei, N., Roy, P., Udpa, L., Udpa, S. S., Arunachalam, K., Balasubramaniam, K., and Krishnamurthy, C. V.
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NUMERICAL analysis ,INVERSE problems ,TIME reversal ,NONDESTRUCTIVE testing ,ITERATIVE methods (Mathematics) ,SIMULATION methods & models ,FINITE differences ,TIME-domain analysis ,DIMENSIONAL analysis - Abstract
Inverse problem solutions in NDE can be broadly classified as model-based approach and system-based approach. In model-based approach an accurate forward model is used in an iterative framework to provide a defect shape that minimizes the error between the measured signal and a simulated signal. However this approach results in repeated executions of a three dimensional forward model in each iteration, making it computationally demanding. This paper presents a direct approach to inversion using principles of time reversal. The feasibility of the approach is demonstrated via application to microwave NDE data. A two-dimensional finite difference time domain model for simulating the propagation of forward and time reversed wave fields is first developed. The key advantage of the approach is that it provides a model-based inversion method that is not iterative. Simulation and experimental results validating the approach are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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