Near field imaging of small isotropic and extended anisotropic scatterers

• Published in: Applicable analysis Vol. 96; no. 10; pp. 1713 - 1736
• Main Authors: Harris, I., Rome, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 27-07-2017; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: 78A46; Algorithms; Anisotropy; Approximation; Barriers; Bayesian analysis; Born approximation; Factorization; factorization method; Imaging; Inverse scattering; MUSIC algorithm; near field operator; Reconstruction; Refractivity
• ISSN: 0003-6811; 1563-504X
• DOI: 10.1080/00036811.2017.1284312

In this paper, we consider two time-harmonic inverse scattering problems of reconstructing penetrable inhomogeneous obstacles from near field measurements. First, we appeal to the Born approximation for reconstructing small isotropic scatterers via the MUSIC algorithm. Some numerical reconstructions using the MUSIC algorithm are provided for reconstructing the scatterer and piecewise constant refractive index using a Bayesian method. We then consider the reconstruction of an anisotropic extended scatterer by a modified linear sampling method and the factorization method applied to the near field operator. This provides a rigorous characterization of the support of the anisotropic obstacle in terms of a range test derived from the measured data. Under appropriate assumptions on the material parameters, the derived factorization can be used to determine the support of the medium without a priori knowledge of the material properties.