The imaging performance of an active mm-wave imaging system can be studied using accurate numerical electromagnetic simulations. We present an exact forward solver to calculate the three-dimensional (3D) scattered fields of a two-dimensional (2D) inhomogeneous dielectric object which is illuminated with a given 3D time-harmonic incident field. Since the size of the scattering objects can be very large with respect to the wavelength, a 2.5D configuration is adopted. This reduces the computational cost while it maintains the capability of accurately studying the system performance. The 3D scattered fields are calculated by discretizing a contrast source integral equation with the Method of Moments. The resulting linear system is solved iteratively with a stabilized biconjugate gradient Fast Fourier Transform method.
Van Den Bulcke, S, Franchois, A, Zhang, L & Stiens, J 2008, Modeling a millimeter wave imaging system with a 2.5D BiCGS-FFT volume integral equation technique. in First European Conference on Antennas and Propagation Conference. IEEE, Unknown, 1/01/08.
Van Den Bulcke, S., Franchois, A., Zhang, L., & Stiens, J. (2008). Modeling a millimeter wave imaging system with a 2.5D BiCGS-FFT volume integral equation technique. In First European Conference on Antennas and Propagation Conference IEEE.
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title = "Modeling a millimeter wave imaging system with a 2.5D BiCGS-FFT volume integral equation technique",
abstract = "The imaging performance of an active mm-wave imaging system can be studied using accurate numerical electromagnetic simulations. We present an exact forward solver to calculate the three-dimensional (3D) scattered fields of a two-dimensional (2D) inhomogeneous dielectric object which is illuminated with a given 3D time-harmonic incident field. Since the size of the scattering objects can be very large with respect to the wavelength, a 2.5D configuration is adopted. This reduces the computational cost while it maintains the capability of accurately studying the system performance. The 3D scattered fields are calculated by discretizing a contrast source integral equation with the Method of Moments. The resulting linear system is solved iteratively with a stabilized biconjugate gradient Fast Fourier Transform method.",
keywords = "conjugate gradient methods, electromagnetic wave scattering, fast Fourier transforms, integral equations, method of moments, millimetre wave imaging",
author = "{Van Den Bulcke}, Sarah and An Franchois and Lixiao Zhang and Johan Stiens",
year = "2008",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-92-9092-937-6",
booktitle = "First European Conference on Antennas and Propagation Conference",
publisher = "IEEE",
note = "Unknown ; Conference date: 01-01-2008",
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