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Abstract

The authors recently presented a novel microwave tomography method for creating quantitative images of the electromagnetic properties of the interior of unknown objects [1]. This method is based on a time-domain inverse solver which uses the multi-illumination technique and includes the dispersive and heterogeneous characteristic of the object. The Frequency Dependent Finite Difference Time Domain ((FD)2TD) and Genetic Algorithm (GA) technique were utilized for determining unknown characteristics of the object. In the present paper, the calibration of measured data are described and image reconstruction results for preliminary experiments performed at the University of Manitoba's Microwave Tomography Laboratory and at the Institut Frsenel are presented.

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Dr. Abas Sabouni

Dr. Sima Noghanian