Inverse problem solutions in NDE can be broadly classified as model‐based approach and system‐based approach. In model‐based approach an accurate forward model is used in an iterative framework to provide a defect shape that minimizes the error between the measured signal and a simulated signal. However this approach results in repeated executions of a three dimensional forward model in each iteration, making it computationally demanding. This paper presents a direct approach to inversion using principles of time reversal. The feasibility of the approach is demonstrated via application to microwave NDE data. A two‐dimensional finite difference time domain model for simulating the propagation of forward and time reversed wave fields is first developed. The key advantage of the approach is that it provides a model‐based inversion method that is not iterative. Simulation and experimental results validating the approach are presented.

P. Roy

Papers

Solution of inverse problem using time reversal techniques