Reciprocity gap music imaging for an inverse scattering problem in two-layered media (Q2268307)

The paper presents a modified MUSIC reconstruction method for an inverse scattering problem from subsurface imaging, where the positions of a collection of small perfectly conducting buried objects are to be determined from measurements of time-harmonic electromagnetic fields on the surface of ground. The method is based on an asymptotic analysis of certain integrals of electric and magnetic fields, so-called reciprocity gap functionals, as the buried objects shrink to points. In contrast to standard MUSIC reconstruction methods, the presented algorithm avoids the computation of the Green's function for the background medium during the reconstruction process, but on the other hand it requires more measurement data. Numerical results are provided showing the performance of the algorithm. These results are compared with those obtained by a standard MUSIC algorithm.