Theoretical and Experimental Research Studies of Full Vector, 3-D, Quantitative, Inverse Scattering, Ground Penetrating Radar

摘要

This final report describes the research work performed by TechniScan Inc. under Air Force Office of Scientific Research contract no. F94620-95-C-0024 for the period March 1, 1995 to March 1, 1998. The principal goal of the project was to advance the imaging capability of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) via the application of toll wave, vector, 3D inverse scattering (IS) methods and to demonstrate the utility of this approach with a laboratory scale (1/20 th scale, 1-18 GHz) GPR scanner. Inverse scatter imaging of complex 3D targets was not achieved due to laboratory equipment limitations. Nonetheless, we believe that the theoretical advances, the software written, the simulations completed and the 2D practical laboratory demonstrations, provided by this research contract, taken together as a whole, constitute a remarkable, significant and valuable contribution to basic science, to engineering know-how and to technology. This body of new knowledge has the potential for application to many commercial areas.