Solution of the nonlinear inverse scattering problem by T-matrix completion. I. Theory

Reduced inverse Born series: a computational study

We investigate the inverse scattering problem for scalar waves. We report conditions under which the terms in the inverse Born series cancel in pairs, leaving only one term at each order. We refer to the resulting expansion as the reduced inverse Born series. The reduced series can also be derived from a nonperturbative inversion formula. Our results are illustrated by numerical simulations that compare the performance of the reduced series to the full inverse Born series and the Newton-Kantorovich method.

Solution of the nonlinear inverse scattering problem by T-matrix completion. II. Simulations

This is Part II of the paper series on data-compatible T-matrix completion (DCTMC), which is a method for solving nonlinear inverse problems. Part I of the series [H. W. Levinson and V. A. Markel, Phys. Rev. E 94, 043317 (2016)10.1103/PhysRevE.94.043317] contains theory and here we present simulations for inverse scattering of scalar waves. The underlying mathematical model is the scalar wave equation and the object function that is reconstructed is the medium susceptibility. The simulations are relevant to ultrasound tomographic imaging and seismic tomography. It is shown that DCTMC is a viable method for solving strongly nonlinear inverse problems with large data sets. It provides not only the overall shape of the object, but the quantitative contrast, which can correspond, for instance, to the variable speed of sound in the imaged medium.