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Constructing probing functions for direct sampling methods for inverse scattering problems with limited-aperture data: finite space framework and deep probing network

Numerical Analysis 2024-10-08 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

This work studies an inverse scattering problem when limited-aperture data are available that are from just one or a few incident fields. This inverse problem is highly ill-posed due to the limited receivers and a few incident fields employed. Solving inverse scattering problems with limited-aperture data is important in applications as collecting full data is often either unrealistic or too expensive. The direct sampling methods (DSMs) with full-aperture data can effectively and stably estimate the locations and geometric shapes of the unknown scatterers with a very limited number of incident waves. However, a direct application of DSMs to the case of limited receivers would face the resolution limit. To break this limitation, we propose a finite space framework with two specific schemes, and an unsupervised deep learning strategy to construct effective probing functions for the DSMs in the case with limited-aperture data. Several representative numerical experiments are carried out to illustrate and compare the performance of different proposed schemes.

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@article{arxiv.2410.05098,
  title  = {Constructing probing functions for direct sampling methods for inverse scattering problems with limited-aperture data: finite space framework and deep probing network},
  author = {Jianfeng Ning and Jun Zou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.05098},
  year   = {2024}
}
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