A Controlled-Site Comparison of Microwave Tomography and Time-Reversal Imaging Techniques for GPR Surveys

• Main Authors: Vinicius Rafael Neris dos Santos, Emerson Rodrigo Almeida, Jorge Luís Porsani, Fernando Lisboa Teixeira, Francesco Soldovieri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
• Series: Remote Sensing
• Subjects: ground penetrating radar; microwave tomography; time-reversal technique
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/2/214
• ISSN: 2072-4292

This paper provides a comparative study between microwave tomography and synthetic time-reversal imaging techniques as applied to ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys. The comparison is carried out by processing experimental data collected at a controlled test site, with different types of buried targets at given subsurface depths and representative soil conditions. It is shown that the two techniques allow us to obtain complementary information about position, depth and size of the targets from a single GPR survey.