Reconstruction of 3D objects from multi-frequency experimental data with a fast DBIM-BCGS method

The objective of this work is to perform image reconstruction of 3D dielectric targets from multi-frequency experimental data by using a fast DBIM-BCGS method that combines the distorted Born iterative method (DBIM) and the stabilized biconjugate-gradient fast Fourier transform (BCGS-FFT) method. In this reconstruction technique, the BCGS-FFT method is used as a forward scattering method for solving the volume integral equations governing the 3D scattering problem; it provides both the predicted scattered fields due to 3D heterogeneous objects and the Fréchet derivatives in the inverse scattering problem. The plane-wave source model and the point receiver model are used in the inversion procedure to invert the calibrated scattering data obtained from Institut Fresnel's measurements. The multi-frequency experimental data are processed with the frequency-hopping approach to obtain high-resolution 3D images. The reconstruction of five different targets from the measured scattered fields verifies the capability and the effectiveness of the DBIM-BCGS method.