?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F405%2F&rft.title=Effective+Exploitation+of+the+a-priori+Information+through+a+Microwave+Imaging+Procedure+Based+on+the+Smw+for+Nde%2FNdt+Applications&rft.creator=Benedetti%2C+Manuel&rft.creator=Donelli%2C+Massimo&rft.creator=Franceschini%2C+Gabriele&rft.creator=Pastorino%2C+Matteo&rft.creator=Massa%2C+Andrea&rft.subject=TU+Technical+Reports+and+Publications&rft.description=This+paper+presents+an+innovative+microwave+technique%2C+which+is+suitable+for+the+detection+of+defects+in+non-destructive-evaluation+(NDT%2FNDE)+applications+where+a+lot+of+a-priori+information+is+available.+The+proposed+approach+is+based+on+the+equations+of+the+inverse+scattering+problem%2C+which+are+solved+by+means+of+a+minimization+procedure+based+on+a+Genetic+Algorithm+(GA).+To+reduce+the+number+of+problem+unknowns%2C+the+available+a-priori+information+is+efficiently+exploited+by+introducing+an+updating+procedure+for+the+electric+field+computation+based+on+the+Sherman-Morrison-Woodbury+(SWM)+formula.+The+results+of+a+representative+set+of+numerical+experiments+as+well+as+comparisons+with+state-of-the-art+methods+are+reported.+They+confirm+the+effectiveness%2C+the+feasibility+and+the+robustness+of+the+proposed+approach%2C+which+some+interesting+features+by+a+computational+point-of-view%2C+as+well.&rft.date=2005-05&rft.type=Technical+Report&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F405%2F1%2FDIT-05-006.pdf&rft.identifier=++Benedetti%2C+Manuel+and+Donelli%2C+Massimo+and+Franceschini%2C+Gabriele+and+Pastorino%2C+Matteo+and+Massa%2C+Andrea++(2005)+Effective+Exploitation+of+the+a-priori+Information+through+a+Microwave+Imaging+Procedure+Based+on+the+Smw+for+Nde%2FNdt+Applications.++%5BTechnical+Report%5D++++(Unpublished)++