@techreport{elediasc12911, publisher = {ELEDIA Research Center - University of Trento}, type = {Technical Report}, author = {Marco SALUCCI and Lorenzo POLI and Francesco ZARDI and Luca TOSI and Samantha LUSA and Andrea MASSA}, year = {2025}, title = {Multi-Resolution Bayesian Compressive Sensing for Sparse Target Inversion}, keywords = {microwave imaging (MI), contrast source inversion (CSI), Bayesian compressive sensing (BCS), inverse scattering (IS)}, url = {http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/911/}, abstract = {Non-Born scatterer retrieval is addressed within the contrast source inversion (CSI) framework using a novel multi-step inverse scattering approach. The unknown contrast sources are represented in a multi-resolution (MR) framework and iteratively reconstructed using a Bayesian compressive sensing (BCS) approach, which employs a constrained relevance vector machine solver to promote sparsity. To assess the reliability and robustness of the proposed MR-BCS-CSI method, representative inversions from both synthetic and experimental data are presented. Additionally, comparisons with recent state-of-the-art alternatives are provided.} }