%I ELEDIA Research Center - University of Trento %X 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. %L elediasc12911 %T Multi-Resolution Bayesian Compressive Sensing for Sparse Target Inversion %D 2025 %A Marco SALUCCI %A Lorenzo POLI %A Francesco ZARDI %A Luca TOSI %A Samantha LUSA %A Andrea MASSA %K microwave imaging (MI), contrast source inversion (CSI), Bayesian compressive sensing (BCS), inverse scattering (IS)