2D GPR imaging via Linear Sampling Method: A performance assessment tool

In this communication we discuss the adoption of the Linear Sampling Method (LSM) to data collected within a GPR array-based configuration. In particular, since this simple and effective non-iterative method requires multi-static multiview data to perform the imaging task, we introduce an analytic tool to appraise the relationship between the array aperture and the method's performance and provide numerical examples to show the feasibility of the LSM in 2-D GPR surveys.

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