We present an analysis of weakly convex discontinuity adaptive (WCDA)models for regularizing three-dimensional (3D) quantitative microwave imaging. In particular, we are concerned with complex permittivity reconstructions from sparse measurements such that the reconstruction process is significantly accelerated. When dealing with such a highly underdetermined problem, it is crucial to employ regularization, relying in this case on prior knowledge about the structural properties of the underlying permittivity profile: we consider piecewise homogeneous objects. We present a numerical study on the choice of the potential function parameter for the Huber function and for two selected WCDA functions, one of which (the Leclerc-Cauchy-Lorentzian function) is designed to be more edge-preserving than the other (the Leclerc-Huber function). We evaluate the effect of reducing the number of (simulated) scattered field data on the reconstruction quality. Furthermore, reconstructions from subsampled single-frequency experimental data from the 3D Fresnel database illustrate the effectiveness of WCDA regularization.
Bai, F, Pizurica, A, Truyen, B & Philips, W 2014, 'Weakly convex discontinuity adaptive regularization for 3D quantitative microwave tomography', Inverse Problems, vol. 30, no. 8, 85005. https://doi.org/10.1088/0266-5611/30/8/085005
Bai, F., Pizurica, A., Truyen, B., & Philips, W. (2014). Weakly convex discontinuity adaptive regularization for 3D quantitative microwave tomography. Inverse Problems, 30(8), Article 85005. https://doi.org/10.1088/0266-5611/30/8/085005
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abstract = "We present an analysis of weakly convex discontinuity adaptive (WCDA)models for regularizing three-dimensional (3D) quantitative microwave imaging. In particular, we are concerned with complex permittivity reconstructions from sparse measurements such that the reconstruction process is significantly accelerated. When dealing with such a highly underdetermined problem, it is crucial to employ regularization, relying in this case on prior knowledge about the structural properties of the underlying permittivity profile: we consider piecewise homogeneous objects. We present a numerical study on the choice of the potential function parameter for the Huber function and for two selected WCDA functions, one of which (the Leclerc-Cauchy-Lorentzian function) is designed to be more edge-preserving than the other (the Leclerc-Huber function). We evaluate the effect of reducing the number of (simulated) scattered field data on the reconstruction quality. Furthermore, reconstructions from subsampled single-frequency experimental data from the 3D Fresnel database illustrate the effectiveness of WCDA regularization.",
keywords = "quantitative microwave imaging, regularization, discontinuity, weakly convex",
author = "Funing Bai and Aleksandra Pizurica and Bart Truyen and Wilfried Philips",
year = "2014",
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day = "24",
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journal = "Inverse Problems",
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