Electromagnetic inversion for biomedical imaging, antenna characterization, and sea ice remote sensing applications

This paper focuses on the use of electromagnetic inverse scattering and inverse source algorithms, collectively referred to as electromagnetic inversion algorithms, for three application areas: microwave biomedical imaging, near-field antenna measurements and characterization, and sea ice remote sensing. We discuss the benefits of using the electromagnetic inversion framework, e.g., its quantitative accuracy and resolution as well as its systematic treatment of the available data, and also consider the challenges associated with the use of this framework, e.g., the use of appropriate numerical modelling and inversion algorithms.