Array imaging of localized objects in homogeneous and heterogeneous media

DOI10.1088/0266-5611/32/10/104003MaRDI QIDQ2832550zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Anwei Chai, M. Moscoso, George Papanicolaou

Publication date 11 November 2016

Published in Inverse Problems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.07578, http://hdl.handle.net/10016/32303

zbMATH Keywords

array imagingmultiple scatteringrandom mediasparse promoting optimizationstatistical stability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical optimization and variational techniques (65K10) Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Image processing (compression, reconstruction, etc.) in information and communication theory (94A08)

Abstract: We present a comprehensive study of the resolution and stability properties of sparse promoting optimization theories applied to narrow band array imaging of localized scatterers. We consider homogeneous and heterogeneous media, and multiple and single scattering situations. When the media is homogeneous with strong multiple scattering between scatterers, we give a non-iterative formulation to find the locations and reflectivities of the scatterers from a nonlinear inverse problem in two steps, using either single or multiple illuminations. We further introduce an approach that uses the top singular vectors of the response matrix as optimal illuminations, which improves the robustness of sparse promoting optimization with respect to additive noise. When multiple scattering is negligible, the optimization problem becomes linear and can be reduced to a hybrid-$el{l}_1$ method when optimal illuminations are used. When the media is random, and the interaction with the unknown inhomogeneities can be primarily modeled by wavefront distortions, we address the statistical stability of these methods. We analyze the fluctuations of the images obtained with the hybrid-$el{l}_1$ method, and we show that it is stable with respect to different realizations of the random medium provided the imaging array is large enough. We compare the performance of the hybrid-$el{l}_1$ method in random media to the widely used Kirchhoff migration and the multiple signal classification methods.

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