Summary
URSI Commission B 2013 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory EMTS 2013
2013
Session Number:24AM1F
Session:
Number:24AM1F-01
Analytical Point Spread Functions for 3D Full Vectorial Inverse Source Imaging
Georg Schnattinger, Thomas F. Eibert,
pp.919-922
Publication Date:2013/5/20
Online ISSN:2188-5079
DOI:10.34385/proc.30.24AM1F-01
Summary:
3D full vectorial inverse source problems can be solved by imaging principles. Point spread functions can be used to estimate the system response of imaging systems to unknown target objects. Typically, point spread functions are obtained by numerical simulations. However, this can be computationally demanding or the result might be inaccurate. In some cases, an analytical solution which does not have these drawbacks is also feasible. In this work, new analytical point spread functions have been derived for two different sets of observation data. The first set limits the observation data to a narrow angle narrow bandwidth sector and the second set assumes full spherical coverage combined with an arbitrary frequency band. The results have been verified using numerical examples and they can be employed for system simulations and accuracy investigations.