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Abstract
This book has introduced the reader to the principles of EM scattering theory along with the basic linear (or direct) reconstruction approaches of MW and millimeter-wave imaging. It has been emphasized that the linear reconstruction methods suffer from limitations stemming from the linearizing approximations of the forward model of scattering. The linearized models are incapable of taking into account multiple scattering and mutual-coupling effects. Such effects dominate the scattering in complex heterogeneous objects such as living tissue, luggage items, and structural components in civil engineering. This is why the forefront of MW imaging research is focused on reconstruction approaches that can tackle nonlinear scattering. Yet, research and development in MW nonlinear reconstruction demand familiarity with the basics of scattering theory and linear reconstruction along with some understanding of the nature of the MW signals and measurements. Familiarity with linear reconstruction methods is especially important because these are often employed as modules in nonlinear inversion strategies. It is the author's hope that this text has aided the novice on a difficult journey through a thick forest of equations in mathematical physics and an overwhelming gallery of clever inversion techniques to the highly technical subject of MW metrology. By no means is the present text exhaustive. Numerous references have been provided throughout and many more exist in the scientific and engineering literature. MW imaging is a vast and dynamic field of research, and one has to keep an eye on new developments. But most importantly, it is the author's hope that the reader will continue this journey. The next big step is nonlinear reconstruction . The monograph of Pastorino [46] dedicates special attention to this subject and contains an extensive list of references. The applications of microwaves in medical imaging almost exclusively employ nonlinear strategies. Overviews of these applications can be found in [93, chapter 7], [257], and [134, 135]. Here is a taste of what lies ahead. The nonlinear reconstruction approaches share two common characteristics. First, they are quantitative, i.e., they are, in principle, capable of recovering the complex permittivity distribution of the object under test (OUT). This is a consequence of their second common characteristic: they do not employ linearizing approximations regarding the internal field distribution in the OUT such as the Born or Rytov approximations that we discussed in Sections 1.13 through 1.18.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.003 | 0.003 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.035 | 0.021 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".