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Martina T. Bevacqua

Also published under: Martina Bevacqua, M. T. Bevacqua, M. Bevacqua, Martina Teresa Bevacqua

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Martina T. Bevacqua

Also published under: Martina Bevacqua, M. T. Bevacqua, M. Bevacqua, Martina Teresa Bevacqua

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Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione delle Infrastrutture e dell’Energia Sostenibile
Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria
Reggio Calabria, Italy

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Biography

Martina Teresa Bevacqua (Member, IEEE) was born in Reggio Calabria, Italy, in 1988. She received the M.S. Laurea degree (summa cum laude) in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree in information engineering from the Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy, in July 2012 and May 2016, respectively. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor with the Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria within a tenure track position. Her research activity mainly concerns electromagnetic inverse problems, with particular interest in: 1) inverse scattering problems from both a theoretical and applicative point of view and 2) field intensity focusing and shaping in nonhomogeneous and unknown scenario, in the framework of hyperthermia...
Publications
100
Citations
696
Publications by Year
20112025
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Shaping Intensities of Complex Scalar Fields in Inhomogeneous Scenarios via Linearly Combined Bricks

Martina T. Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia;Sabrina Zumbo

IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Year: 2025 | Early Access Article |
The ability to enforce a given behaviour on the electromagnetic field intensity distribution is relevant in a wide range of applications, including the particularly challenging case where shaping is required in heterogeneous media. In this respect, with reference to scalar fields, the paper proposes a new effective approach to design the optimal complex excitations feeding an antenna array able to...Show More

Shaping Intensities of Complex Scalar Fields in Inhomogeneous Scenarios via Linearly Combined Bricks

Martina T. Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia;Sabrina Zumbo

Year: 2025 | Early Access Article |

Towards Multi-Frequency and Multi-View Localization via UHF-RFID Passive Tags

Giuseppe Martino;Martina T. Bevacqua;Luca Catarinucci;Massimo Merenda

2024 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications (RFID-TA)
Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |
RFID-based localization refers to determining the position of an object equipped with an RFID tag by analyzing the signals backscattered by the tag and collected by the readers. In this paper, we present an exploration of multi-frequency and multi-view localization using UHF -RFID passive tags. We propose two approaches based on, respectively, Particle Filter (PF) and Beamforming (BF) imaging meth...Show More

Towards Multi-Frequency and Multi-View Localization via UHF-RFID Passive Tags

Giuseppe Martino;Martina T. Bevacqua;Luca Catarinucci;Massimo Merenda

Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |

The Veselago Lens as a Scattering Problem: 2D Solutions Through Asymptotics

Martina T. Bevacqua;Marzieh Eini Keleshteri;Vladimir Okhmatovski;Joe LoVetri;Tommaso Isernia

2024 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA)
Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |
This contribution focuses on the analytical derivation of the Green’s function of the ideal lossless Veselago lens. The problem is dealt with by considering the lens as a scattering object. Then, the electromagnetic field of a linesource illuminating the lens is seen as the sum of the field due to the line-source in free space plus the scattered field due to the lens. The asymptotic evaluation is ...Show More

The Veselago Lens as a Scattering Problem: 2D Solutions Through Asymptotics

Martina T. Bevacqua;Marzieh Eini Keleshteri;Vladimir Okhmatovski;Joe LoVetri;Tommaso Isernia

Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |

Towards 3D Scalar Quantitative Imaging of Dielectric Targets via Virtual Experiments

Martina T. Bevacqua;Loreto Di Donato;Tommaso Isernia

2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNC‐URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI)
Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |
In this contribution, the virtual experiments framework is proposed for the solution of 3D scalar inverse scattering problems. In particular, a new linearization of the relevant data equation is given based on a suitable design of the virtual experiments, and a preliminary test is performed against a simple scenario.Show More

Towards 3D Scalar Quantitative Imaging of Dielectric Targets via Virtual Experiments

Martina T. Bevacqua;Loreto Di Donato;Tommaso Isernia

Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |

A New Linear Approximation for 3D Scalar Inverse Scattering Problems

Martina T. Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia

2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNC‐URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI)
Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |
A new linearized approach for the 3D inverse scattering problem based on a convenient decomposition of the relevant Green's function is proposed. In particular, the 3D scalar problem is addressed as it is propaedeutic for the fully vectorial one and is significant in several applications. A preliminary result with simulated data is reported to show the performance of the proposed linear procedure ...Show More

A New Linear Approximation for 3D Scalar Inverse Scattering Problems

Martina T. Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia

Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |

Some Advances and Emerging Perspectives for Inverse Scattering Solution Methods

Tommaso Isernia;Martina T. Bevacqua;Lorenzo Crocco;Loreto Di Donato;Roberta Palmeri;Sabrina Zumbo

2024 4th URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting (AT-RASC)
Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |
We focus on some recent advances in solution methods for the inverse scattering problem. In particular, attention is concentrated on the virtual experiments framework and the possibility of rewriting in a convenient fashion the basic scattering equations. Moreover, a new unconventional application of inverse scattering is discussed, which is the ’inverse design’ framework. Finally, some considerat...Show More

Some Advances and Emerging Perspectives for Inverse Scattering Solution Methods

Tommaso Isernia;Martina T. Bevacqua;Lorenzo Crocco;Loreto Di Donato;Roberta Palmeri;Sabrina Zumbo

Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |

Analytical study of Virtual Experiments via Linear Sampling Method for 2D dielectric targets

Martina T. Bevacqua;Loreto Di Donato;Tommaso Isernia

2024 4th URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting (AT-RASC)
Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |
In this contribution the Virtual Experiments paradigm as applied to the solution of the canonical inverse scattering problem in the 2D scalar case is addressed to show present performance and limitations, and possibly give some insights to overcome these latter. It will be shown, through analytic findings and numerical results (shown at the conference), the usefulness of such a study in the framew...Show More

Analytical study of Virtual Experiments via Linear Sampling Method for 2D dielectric targets

Martina T. Bevacqua;Loreto Di Donato;Tommaso Isernia

Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |

Unrolled Optimization via Physics-Assisted Convolutional Neural Network for MR-Based Electrical Properties Tomography: A Numerical Investigation

Sabrina Zumbo;Stefano Mandija;Ettore F. Meliadò;Peter Stijnman;Thierry G. Meerbothe;Cornelis A.T. van den Berg;Tommaso Isernia;Martina T. Bevacqua

IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Year: 2024 | Volume: 5 | Journal Article |
Magnetic Resonance imaging based Electrical Properties Tomography (MR-EPT) is a non-invasive technique that measures the electrical properties (EPs) of biological tissues. In this work, we present and numerically investigate the performance of an unrolled, physics-assisted method for 2D MR-EPT reconstructions, where a cascade of Convolutional Neural Networks is used to compute the contrast update....Show More

Unrolled Optimization via Physics-Assisted Convolutional Neural Network for MR-Based Electrical Properties Tomography: A Numerical Investigation

Sabrina Zumbo;Stefano Mandija;Ettore F. Meliadò;Peter Stijnman;Thierry G. Meerbothe;Cornelis A.T. van den Berg;Tommaso Isernia;Martina T. Bevacqua

Year: 2024 | Volume: 5 | Journal Article |

An Integro-Differential Equation Formulation for the Ideal Veselago Lens

Marzieh Eini Keleshteri;Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Vladimir Okhmatovski;Tommaso Isernia;Joe LoVetri

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Year: 2024 | Volume: 72, Issue: 6 | Journal Article |
The 2-D problem of finding the electric field for a line-source illuminating a lossless Veselago lens (VL) is cast as an integro-differential equation (IDE). The integral corresponds to a surface integral of the total tangential magnetic field on the boundaries of the lens. The IDE is obtained using an incident/scattered-field decomposition such that the VL is considered to be the scatterer. The n...Show More

An Integro-Differential Equation Formulation for the Ideal Veselago Lens

Marzieh Eini Keleshteri;Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Vladimir Okhmatovski;Tommaso Isernia;Joe LoVetri

Year: 2024 | Volume: 72, Issue: 6 | Journal Article |

A Smart Convenient Rewriting of the Inverse Scattering Equations for the 3D Scalar Problem

Martina T. Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia

2024 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |
The contribution addresses the tridimensional inverse scattering scalar problem, by introducing a new smart rewriting of the scattering equations such to reduce the degree of nonlinearity of the inverse problem. The analysis of the norm of the relevant internal radiation operator is performed in comparison with the standard one. This analysis can open the way for exploring new possibilities and op...Show More

A Smart Convenient Rewriting of the Inverse Scattering Equations for the 3D Scalar Problem

Martina T. Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia

Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |

Virtual Experiments via LSM for Quantitative 2-D Inverse Scattering: Challenges and Opportunities

Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Loreto Di Donato

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Year: 2024 | Volume: 72, Issue: 5 | Journal Article |
Cited by: Papers (2)
In this article, we investigate the virtual experiments (VE) setting by means of analytical solution of the far-field equation, that is the equation underlying the linear sampling method. In particular, an analytical expression for the internal field is derived in case of penetrable circular cylinders, which provides a straightforward and more comprehensive overview of the VE settings with particu...Show More

Virtual Experiments via LSM for Quantitative 2-D Inverse Scattering: Challenges and Opportunities

Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Loreto Di Donato

Year: 2024 | Volume: 72, Issue: 5 | Journal Article |

Support Reconstruction of Dielectric and Metallic Targets via the Contraction Integral Equation

Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Year: 2024 | Volume: 72, Issue: 3 | Journal Article |
Cited by: Papers (1)
A new method for support reconstruction is proposed based on the contraction integral equation, a smart rewriting of the scattering equations introduced to alleviate the nonlinearity of the inverse scattering problem. Within such a model, in the case of strong and/or metallic targets, or by a suitable choice of a hyperparameter, the inherent auxiliary function encoding the target properties is exp...Show More

Support Reconstruction of Dielectric and Metallic Targets via the Contraction Integral Equation

Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia

Year: 2024 | Volume: 72, Issue: 3 | Journal Article |

In-Vivo Electrical Properties Estimation of Biological Tissues by Means of a Multi-Step Microwave Tomography Approach

Michele Ambrosanio;Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Joe LoVetri;Vito Pascazio;Tommaso Isernia

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
Year: 2024 | Volume: 43, Issue: 5 | Journal Article |
Cited by: Papers (2)
The accurate quantitative estimation of the electromagnetic properties of tissues can serve important diagnostic and therapeutic medical purposes. Quantitative microwave tomography is an imaging modality that can provide maps of the in-vivo electromagnetic properties of the imaged tissues, i.e. both the permittivity and the electric conductivity. A multi-step microwave tomography approach is propo...Show More

In-Vivo Electrical Properties Estimation of Biological Tissues by Means of a Multi-Step Microwave Tomography Approach

Michele Ambrosanio;Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Joe LoVetri;Vito Pascazio;Tommaso Isernia

Year: 2024 | Volume: 43, Issue: 5 | Journal Article |

Field Intensity Shaping via Linear Superposition of Elementary Focused Patterns

Martina T. Bevacqua;Sabrina Zumbo;Tommaso Isernia

2023 URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS)
Year: 2023 | Conference Paper |
In this contribution, the field intensity shaping is addressed. This problem is relevant in several applications, including hyperthermia treatment planning, magnetic resonance radiofrequency shimming, satellite and radio communications, as well as in antenna array synthesis theory. The aim is the design of the array complex excitations such to ensure uniform and maximum field intensity distributio...Show More

Field Intensity Shaping via Linear Superposition of Elementary Focused Patterns

Martina T. Bevacqua;Sabrina Zumbo;Tommaso Isernia

Year: 2023 | Conference Paper |

Unrolled Microwave Imaging via Physics-assisted Deep Learning

Sabrina Zumbo;Stefano Mandija;Cornelis A.T. van Den Berg;Martina T. Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia

2023 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications (CAMA)
Year: 2023 | Conference Paper |
Microwave imaging (MWI) is a useful tool to identify the characteristics of unknown objects in a non-invasive fashion. It offers advantages such as low cost and portability compared to other medical imaging methods. However, MWI faces challenges in solving the underlying inverse scattering problem (ISP) due to non-linearity and ill-posedness. Traditional optimization methods have limitations relat...Show More

Unrolled Microwave Imaging via Physics-assisted Deep Learning

Sabrina Zumbo;Stefano Mandija;Cornelis A.T. van Den Berg;Martina T. Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia

Year: 2023 | Conference Paper |

Solving the Inverse Scattering Obstacle Problem via NIE Model and Contrast Source Inversion Method

Martina T. Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia

2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI)
Year: 2023 | Conference Paper |
The new integral equation model has been recently introduced in literature to alleviate the non-linearity and complexity of the inverse scattering problem. It consists of a smart rewriting of the scattering equations and is usually used for quantitative inversion of unknown targets. On the other hand, in this contribution, the idea underlying a new method for inverse obstacle problem, which aims t...Show More

Solving the Inverse Scattering Obstacle Problem via NIE Model and Contrast Source Inversion Method

Martina T. Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia

Year: 2023 | Conference Paper |

Recent Developments in mm-Wave Tomographic and Radar Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection

Simona Di Meo;Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Lorenzo Crocco;Giulia Matrone;Tommaso Isernia;Marco Pasian

2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI)
Year: 2023 | Conference Paper |
In this contribution, some of the main results of millimeter-wave imaging for breast cancer diagnosis using both radar and tomographic approaches are presented. In addition, the idea of using a dual-step approach for reconstructing the dielectric profile of the anomaly using the morphological information provided by the faster and computationally less expensive radar approach is presented.Show More

Recent Developments in mm-Wave Tomographic and Radar Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection

Simona Di Meo;Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Lorenzo Crocco;Giulia Matrone;Tommaso Isernia;Marco Pasian

Year: 2023 | Conference Paper |

Preliminary Investigation on the Use of Focused Bessel-shaped Beams for Imaging of PEC Objects

Martina Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia;Loreto Di Donato;Gino Sorbello;Santi Concetto Pavone

2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Year: 2023 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (2)
In this contribution, preliminary analyses are performed on the use of focused beams for imaging of PEC targets. In particular, the data collected in case of Bessel-shaped beam as incident field are processed by means of the well-known physical optics approximation and also by a recently introduced qualitative method, which exploits sparsity regularization and solves the related inverse source pro...Show More

Preliminary Investigation on the Use of Focused Bessel-shaped Beams for Imaging of PEC Objects

Martina Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia;Loreto Di Donato;Gino Sorbello;Santi Concetto Pavone

Year: 2023 | Conference Paper |

Field Intensity Shaping for Biomedical Applications: Preliminary Results with Linear Superposition of Focused Patterns

Martina T. Bevacqua;Sabrina Zumbo;Tommaso Isernia

2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Year: 2023 | Conference Paper |
In this contribution, the aim is to design the complex excitations feeding a biomedical array applicator such to ensure uniform and maximum field intensity distribution inside a given region of interest, while keeping it under control in some other regions. This issue is relevant in several applications, including hyperthermia treatment planning and magnetic resonance radiofrequency shimming. To t...Show More

Field Intensity Shaping for Biomedical Applications: Preliminary Results with Linear Superposition of Focused Patterns

Martina T. Bevacqua;Sabrina Zumbo;Tommaso Isernia

Year: 2023 | Conference Paper |

Artificial Lossy Backgrounds to Improve Linear Electromagnetic Imaging Inside PEC Enclosures

Amirreza Cheraghi;Martina T. Bevacqua;Ian Jeffrey;Colin Gilmore

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
Year: 2023 | Volume: 22, Issue: 4 | Journal Article |
Cited by: Papers (1)
Herein, we propose the use of artificial (or numerical) backgrounds for electromagnetic inversion inside conducting enclosures. Such enclosed imaging systems are used both due to external constraints (e.g., grain bin imaging), or in order to provide external shielding and easy-to-model boundary conditions (e.g., in stroke or breast imaging systems). We use the orthogonality sampling method (OSM), ...Show More

Artificial Lossy Backgrounds to Improve Linear Electromagnetic Imaging Inside PEC Enclosures

Amirreza Cheraghi;Martina T. Bevacqua;Ian Jeffrey;Colin Gilmore

Year: 2023 | Volume: 22, Issue: 4 | Journal Article |

The Next Generation of eHealth: A Multidisciplinary Survey

Chiara Suraci;Vincenzo De Angelis;Giuseppina Lofaro;Michele Lo Giudice;Giuseppe Marrara;Federica Rinaldi;Antonia Russo;Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Gianluca Lax;Nadia Mammone;Antonino Mazza Laboccetta;Francesco Carlo Morabito;Giuseppe Araniti

IEEE Access
Year: 2022 | Volume: 10 | Journal Article |
Cited by: Papers (4)
Over the past two years, the spread of COVID-19 has spurred the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in aid of healthcare. The need to guarantee continuity to care has promoted research and industry activities aimed at developing solutions for the digitalization of the procedures to be performed to provide health services, even in emergency scenarios. Digital collection, transmi...Show More

The Next Generation of eHealth: A Multidisciplinary Survey

Chiara Suraci;Vincenzo De Angelis;Giuseppina Lofaro;Michele Lo Giudice;Giuseppe Marrara;Federica Rinaldi;Antonia Russo;Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Gianluca Lax;Nadia Mammone;Antonino Mazza Laboccetta;Francesco Carlo Morabito;Giuseppe Araniti

Year: 2022 | Volume: 10 | Journal Article |

Demonstration of Quantitative Microwave Imaging Using an Ideal Veselago Lens

Marzieh Eini Keleshteri;Vladimir I. Okhmatovski;Ian Jeffrey;Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia;Joe LoVetri

IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Year: 2022 | Volume: 3 | Journal Article |
Cited by: Papers (8)
Quantitative microwave imaging employing an ideal Veselago lens is demonstrated using synthetic 2D experiments. Reconstructions of the complex-valued dielectric constant of an arbitrary object-of-interest are obtained from noiseless data using a non-iterative technique. A closed-form Veselago lens Green’s function is utilized in the formulation of the problem. The contrast sources corresponding to...Show More

Demonstration of Quantitative Microwave Imaging Using an Ideal Veselago Lens

Marzieh Eini Keleshteri;Vladimir I. Okhmatovski;Ian Jeffrey;Martina Teresa Bevacqua;Tommaso Isernia;Joe LoVetri

Year: 2022 | Volume: 3 | Journal Article |

Millimeter-wave breast cancer imaging by means of a dual-step approach combining radar and tomographic techniques: preliminary results

S. Di Meo;M. T. Bevacqua;G. Matrone;L. Crocco;T. Isernia;M. Pasian

2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)
Year: 2022 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (1)
Breast cancer is one of the most diagnosed forms of cancer among women worldwide. However, the survival rate is very high when the tumor is diagnosed early. The search for diagnostic techniques increasingly able to detect lesions of the order of a few millimeters and to overcome the limitations of current diagnostic techniques (e.g., the X-ray mammography, currently used as standard for screening ...Show More

Millimeter-wave breast cancer imaging by means of a dual-step approach combining radar and tomographic techniques: preliminary results

S. Di Meo;M. T. Bevacqua;G. Matrone;L. Crocco;T. Isernia;M. Pasian

Year: 2022 | Conference Paper |

A Simple Auxiliary Model for Field Amplitude Shaping in Complex Environments, and Application to MRI Shimming

Sabrina Zumbo;Tommaso Isernia;Martina Teresa Bevacqua

IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Year: 2022 | Volume: 3 | Journal Article |
Cited by: Papers (3)
The canonical problem of designing the complex excitations feeding an array such to ensure a desired field intensity distribution inside a given region of interest, while keeping it under control in some other regions, is addressed. To this end, an auxiliary physics inspired model for the induced total field is proposed, whose off-line analysis allows a simplified approach to understand the conven...Show More

A Simple Auxiliary Model for Field Amplitude Shaping in Complex Environments, and Application to MRI Shimming

Sabrina Zumbo;Tommaso Isernia;Martina Teresa Bevacqua

Year: 2022 | Volume: 3 | Journal Article |

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