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Reconstruction of complex-valued tensors in the Maxwell system from knowledge of internal magnetic fields

Analysis of PDEs 2013-09-10 v2

Abstract

This paper concerns the reconstruction of a complex-valued anisotropic tensor γ=σ+\iωε\gamma=\sigma+\i\omega\varepsilon from knowledge of several internal magnetic fields HH, where HH satisfies the anisotropic Maxwell system on a bounded domain with prescribed boundary conditions. We show that γ\gamma can be uniquely reconstructed with a loss of two derivatives from errors in the acquisition of HH. A minimum number of 6 such functionals is sufficient to obtain a local reconstruction of γ\gamma. In the special case where γ\gamma is close to a scalar tensor, boundary conditions are chosen by means of complex geometric optics (CGO) solutions. For arbitrary symmetric tensors γ\gamma, a Runge approximation property is used to obtain partial results. This problem finds applications in the medical imaging modalities Current Density Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography.

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@article{arxiv.1308.5872,
  title  = {Reconstruction of complex-valued tensors in the Maxwell system from knowledge of internal magnetic fields},
  author = {Chenxi Guo and Guillaume Bal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.5872},
  year   = {2013}
}

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24 pages, submitted to Inverse Problems and Imaging