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Maximum entropy methods in electromagnetic/geophysical/ultrasonic imaging

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5482100
Maximum Entropy (ME) methods of resolving underdetermined electromagnetic images are reviewed. A new non-Burg method of resolving complex amplitudes of coherent radiators in wave-number space (direction) is described. Several ME methods in geophysics are surveyed, based on Burg's method for spatial array data processing and a Boltzmann method for parameter distributions in the earth. A Boltzmann-ME method is described for resolving anomalies in materials ultrasonically, where the data is governed by a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. Some issues or uniqueness, confidence, and noise are briefly assessed.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5482100
Report Number(s):
UCRL-89635; CONF-8309184-1; ON: DE84002793
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English