Iterative forward and inverse algorithms based on domain integral equations for three-dimen\-sional electric and magnetic objects. (Q1428662)

In this paper the authors present an inversion method which can be used to invert the electric and magnetic contrast of a three-dimensional object, using a full vectorial formulation. Since this type of inverse problem involves a large number of unknowns, it should be solved as efficiently as possible. To this end, the authors employ the so-called multiplicative regularized contrast source inversion which has the following advantages above other full nonlinear inversion methods known in the literature: a) it does not solve a full forward problem in each iterative step b) it uses a multiplicative constraint, hence the weighting parameter of the regularization factor used in this algorithm is determined automatically. The authors present some numerical results illustrating the ability of their numerical algorithm.