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| Lorenzo Crocco | |
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Activity
Lorenzo Crocco is a member of the IREA electromagnetic diagnostics team since its establishment in 2001.
In particular, his research interests are mainly concerned with:
- microwave tomographic imaging approaches for ground penetrating radar prospections; - airborne ground penetrating radar; - non invasive diagnostics with holographic radars; - microwave imaging for safety (through the wall imaging, concealed objects detection, demining, bioradar); - imaging approaches for biomedical applications of microwaves (e.g., breast cancer imaging, brain stroke, bone status monitoring); - therapeutic applications of electromagnetic fields (e.g. microwave hyperthermia); - novel paradigms and methods for biomedical and industrial applications triggered by interactions between electromagnetic fields and nanoparticles; - solution methods for forward and inverse electromagnetic scattering problems; - theoretical aspects of non linear inverse problems. |
Curriculum
Lorenzo Crocco is a Research Director at the Institute for the Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment of the National Research Council of Italy (IREA-CNR), Naples, Italy. In 2000, he obtained his PhD in Applied Electromagnetics from the University of Naples Federico II. From 2001 to 2010, he served as a Researcher at IREA-CNR and subsequently, from 2010 to 2020, as a Senior Researcher at the same Institute. His scientific activities focus on methodologies and applications of direct and inverse electromagnetic scattering problems, with particular emphasis on diagnostic and therapeutic uses of electromagnetic fields, through-the-wall radar, and ground-penetrating radar. He has authored more than 130 scientific publications, delivered keynote talks and lectures, and edited two books on medical applications of electromagnetic technologies. Since 2021, he has been included in the World’s Top 2% Scientists database based on standardized citation indicators. He has served as Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology (IEEE J-ERM) and is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Diagnostics (MDPI). Lorenzo Crocco has served as the Italian representative in the Management Committees of COST Actions devoted to medical applications of electromagnetic fields (MiMed on medical microwave imaging and MyWAVE on therapeutic applications of electromagnetic waves). Since 2010, he has been a member of the Scientific Board of the Italian Electromagnetic Society (SIEm), and from 2017 to 2023 he served on its Board of Directors. Since 2018, he has been a member of the IEEE MTT-28 Biological Effects and Medical Applications Committee and, since 2024, of the IEEE EMBS Technical Community on Therapeutic & Diagnostic Systems and Technologies. Since 2019, he has been a member of the Italian URSI Commission (International Union of Radio Science). He currently serves as an elected representative of researchers and technologists on the Scientific Board of the CNR Department of Engineering, ICT, and Technologies for Energy and Transport (DIITET) (2019– , two terms). In 2018, he obtained the National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor in electromagnetic fields, awarded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research. Since 2014, he has been a Board Member of the European School of Antennas (ESOA) and is among the organizers of the courses on Microwave Imaging and Diagnostics and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Electromagnetics. Since 2024, he has been a member of the EurAAP Delegate Assembly as representative of Italy, San Marino, and Vatican City; within EurAAP, he promoted the establishment of the working group Electromagnetic Technologies for Life Science Applications (ELSA). Lorenzo Crocco is an IEEE Senior Member, URSI Senior Member, and Fellow of the Electromagnetic Academy (TEA). |
Scientific production
Catapano I, Crocco L. (2010). A qualitative inverse scattering method for through-the-wall imaging.IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. PP; p. 685-689, ISSN: 1545-598X
L. Crocco, D'Urso M, Isernia T (2010). Quantitative imaging from diffracted fields intensities: an inversion method and its experimental validation. Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 57; p. 777-782, ISSN: 1362-3044
L. Crocco, F. Soldovieri, Millington T, Cassidy N. J (2010). BISTATIC TOMOGRAPHIC GPR IMAGING FOR
INCIPIENT PIPELINE LEAKAGE EVALUATION. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, vol. 101; p. 307-321, ISSN: 1559-8985, doi: 10.2528/PIER09122206
IERO D, Isernia T, MORABITO A. F, Catapano I, Crocco L. (2010). Optimal Constrained Field Focusing for Hyperthermia Cancer Therapy: a Feasibility Assessment on Realistic Phantoms. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, vol. 102; p. 125-141, ISSN: 1559-8985, doi: 10.2528/PIER10011207
CASTALDO R, L. Crocco, FEDI M, GAROFALO B, PERSICO R, ROSSI A, Soldovieri F (2009). GPR microwave tomography for diagnostic analysis of archaeological sites: the case of a highway construction in Pontecagnano (Southern Italy). ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION, vol. 16; p. 203-217, ISSN: 1099-0763
Catapano I, Crocco L. (2009). An imaging method for concealed targets. IEEE transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 47; p. 1301-1309, ISSN: 0196-2892
Catapano I, L. Crocco, D' Urso M, Isernia T (2009). 3D microwave imaging via preliminary support reconstruction: testing on the Fresnel 2008 database. Inverse Problems, vol. 25; p. 024002, ISSN: 0266-5611, doi: 10.1088/0266-5611/25/2/024002
Catapano I, Di Donato L, L. Crocco, O. M. Bucci, MORABITO A. F, Isernia T, MASSA R (2009). ON QUANTITATIVE MICROWAVE TOMOGRAPHY OF FEMALE BREAST. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, vol. 97; p. 75-93, ISSN: 1559-8985
L. Crocco, DUrso M, Isernia T (2009). The Contrast Source-Extended Born Model for 2D Subsurface Scattering Problems. PROGRESS IN ELECTROMAGNETICS RESEARCH B, vol. 17; p. 343-359, ISSN: 1937-6472
L. Crocco, Litman A (2009). On embedded microwave imaging systems: retrievable information and design guidelines. Inverse Problems, vol. 25; p. 065001, ISSN: 0266-5611
L. Crocco, Prisco G, F. Soldovieri, Cassidy N J (2009). Early-stage leaking pipes GPR monitoring via microwave tomographic inversion. JOURNAL OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, vol. 67; p. 270-277, ISSN: 0926-9851
Litman A, Crocco L. (2009). Testing inversion algorithms against experimental data: 3D targets - Guest Editor's introduction. Inverse Problems, vol. 25; p. 020201, ISSN: 0266-5611, doi: 10.1088/0266-5611/25/2/020201
PETTINELLI E, DI MATTEO A, MATTEI E, L. Crocco, F. Soldovieri, REDMAN J.D, ANNAN A.P (2009). GPR response from buried pipes: measurement on field site and tomographic reconstructions. IEEE transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 47; p. 2639-2645, ISSN: 0196-2892
ÇAYÖREN M, Yapar A, Akduman I, Crocco L. (2009). Surface impedance modeling of PEC targets: application to shape reconstruction. Inverse Problems, vol. 25; p. 115003-115019, ISSN: 0266-5611
Catapano I, L. Crocco, D' Urso M, Isernia T (2008). Some recent advancements towards effective microwave tomography. PROCEEDINGS OF THE EUROPEAN MICROWAVE ASSOCIATION, vol. 4; p. 40-48
Catapano I, L. Crocco, Isernia T (2008). Improved Sampling Methods for shape reconstruction of 3D buried targets. IEEE transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 46; p. 3265-3273, ISSN: 0196-2892, doi: 10.1109/TGRS2008.921745
Catapano I, L. Crocco, Isernia T (2008). Linear Sampling Method: Physical Interpretation and Guidelines for a Successful Application. PIERS ONLINE, vol. 4; p. 291-295, ISSN: 1931-7360, doi: 10.2529/PIERS071005053840
Cayoren M, Akduman I, Yapar A, Crocco L. (2008). Shape reconstruction of perfectly conducting targets from single-frequency multiview data. IEEE transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 5; p. 383-386, ISSN: 0196-2892, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2008.916075
Crocco L., PERSICO R, Soldovieri F (2008). Foreword to the Special Issue on GPR – Tomography, Imaging and Modelling. Near Surface Geophysics, vol. 6; p. 339-340, ISSN: 1569-4445
D' Urso M, Belkebir K, L. Crocco, Litman A, Isernia T (2008). Phaseless imaging with experimental data: facts and challenges. Journal of the Optical Society of America, A, vol. 25; p. 271-281, ISSN: 1084-7529, doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.000271
F. Soldovieri, Bernini R, Catapano I, Crocco L. (2008). The integration of novel diagnostics techniques for multi-scale monitoring of large civil infrastructures. ADVANCES IN GEOSCIENCES, vol. 19; p. 67-74, ISSN: 1680-7340
Catapano I, L. Crocco, D' Urso M, Isernia T (2007). On the effect of support estimation and of a new model in 2D inverse scattering problems. IEEE transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 55; p. 1895-1899, ISSN: 0018-926X, doi: 10.1109/TAP.2007.898647
Catapano I, L. Crocco, Isernia T (2007). On Simple Methods for Shape Reconstruction of Unknown Scatterers. IEEE transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 55; p. 1431-1436, ISSN: 0018-926X, doi: 10.1109/TAP.2007.895563
Cayoren M, Akduman I, Yapar A, Crocco L. (2007). A new algorithm for the shape reconstruction of perfectly conducting objects. Inverse Problems, vol. 23; p. 1087-1100, ISSN: 0266-5611, doi: 10.1088/0266-5611/23/3/015
Crocco L., CUOMO F, Isernia T (2007). A Generalized Scattering Matrix Method for the Analysis of Two-Dimensional PBG Devices. Journal of the Optical Society of America, A, vol. 24; p. A12-A22, ISSN: 1084-7529, doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.000A12
Crocco L., D' Urso M, Isernia T (2007). Faithful non-linear imaging from only-amplitude measurements of incident and total fields. OPTICS EXPRESS, vol. 15; p. 3804-3815, ISSN: 1094-4087, doi: 10.1364/OE.15.003804
D' Urso M, Catapano I, L. Crocco, Isernia T (2007). Effective solution of 3D scattering problems via series expansions: applicability and a new hybrid scheme. IEEE transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 45; p. 639-648, ISSN: 0196-2892, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.888144
OZGUR O, Akduman I, Yapar A, Crocco L. (2007). Higher Order Inhomogeneous Impedance Boundary Conditions for the Perfectly Conducting Objects. IEEE transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 45; p. 1291-1297, ISSN: 0196-2892, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.893564
PISCITELLI S, RIZZO E, LAPENNA V, L. Crocco, PERSICO R, Soldovieri F (2007). GPR and microwave tomography for detecting shallow cavities in the historical area of "Sassi of Matera" (Southern Italy). Near Surface Geophysics, vol. 5; p. 275-285, ISSN: 1569-4445
O. M. Bucci, L. Crocco, D' Urso M, Isernia T (2006). Inverse scattering from phaseless measurements of the total field on open lines. Journal of the Optical Society of America, A, vol. 23; p. 2566-2577, ISSN: 1084-7529, doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.002566
Catapano I, L. Crocco, D' Urso M, Isernia T (2006). A novel effective model for solving 3D inverse scattering problems in lossy scenarios.IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 3; p. 302-306, ISSN: 1545-598X, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2006.869976
Catapano I, L. Crocco, PERSICO R, PIERACCINI M, Soldovieri F (2006). Linear and Nonlinear Microwave Tomography Approaches for Subsurface Prospecting: Validation on Real Data. IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS, vol. 5; p. 49-53, ISSN: 1536-1225, doi: 10.1109/LAWP.2006.870363
Crocco L., CUOMO F, Isernia T (2006). An improved Scattering Matrix Method for the analysis two-dimensional PBG devices. MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, vol. 48; p. 2564-2570, ISSN: 0895-2477, doi: 10.1002/mop.21998
O. M. Bucci, Catapano I, L. Crocco, Isernia T (2005). Synthesis of new variable dielectric profile antennas via inverse scattering techniques: a feasibility study. IEEE transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 53; p. 1287-1297, ISSN: 0018-926X, doi: 10.1109/TAP.2005.844426
Catapano I, L. Crocco, D Urso M (2005). Advances in inverse scattering problems: a new model for lossy scenarios. QUADERNI DELLA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI ELETTROMAGNETISMO, vol. 1; p. 42-47
Crocco L., D' Urso M, Isernia T (2005). Testing the Contrast Source Extended Born method against real data: the TM case. Inverse Problems, vol. 21; p. S33-S50, ISSN: 0266-5611, doi: 10.1088/0266-5611/21/6/S04
Catapano I, L. Crocco, Isernia T (2004). A simple two-dimensional inversion technique for imaging homogeneous targets in stratified media. RADIO SCIENCE, vol. 39; p. RS1012, ISSN: 0048-6604, doi: 10.1029/2003RS002917
Crocco L., D' Urso M, Isernia T (2004). Inverse scattering from phaseless measurement of the total field on a closed curve. Journal of the Optical Society of America, A, vol. 21; p. 622-631, ISSN: 1084-7529, doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.000622
Isernia T, L. Crocco, D' Urso M (2004). New tools and series for forward and inverse scattering problems in lossy media.IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 1; p. 331-337, ISSN: 1545-598X, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2004.837008
Bernini R, L. Crocco, MINARDO A, F. Soldovieri, ZENI L (2003). All frequency domain distributed fiber-optic Brillouin sensing. IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, vol. 3; p. 36-43, ISSN: 1530-437X, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2003.810111
L. Crocco, Soldovieri F (2003). GPR prospecting in a layered medium via microwave tomography. ANNALS OF GEOPHYSICS, vol. 46; p. 559-572, ISSN: 1593-5213
Bernini R, L. Crocco, MINARDO A, F. Soldovieri, ZENI L (2002). Frequency-domain approach to distributed fiber-optic Brillouin sensing. OPTICS LETTERS, vol. 27; p. 288-290, ISSN: 0146-9592, doi: 10.1364/OL.27.000288
O. M. Bucci, Cardace N, L. Crocco, Isernia T (2001). Degree of Non-Linearity And A New Solution Procedure In Scalar 2-D Inverse Scattering Problems. Journal of the Optical Society of America, A, vol. 18; p. 1832-1845, ISSN: 1084-7529, doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.001832
O. M. Bucci, Colangelo G, L. Crocco, Isernia T (2001). Degree Of Non-Linearity In 2-D Subsurface Inverse Scattering Problems. ATTI DELLA FONDAZIONE GIORGIO RONCHI, vol. 4-5; p. 759-768, ISSN: 0391-2051
O. M. Bucci, L. Crocco, Isernia T, Pascazio V (2001). Subsurface Inverse Scattering Problems: Quantifying Qualifying and Achieving the Available Information. IEEE transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 39; p. 2527-2538, ISSN: 0196-2892, doi: 10.1109/36.964991
L. Crocco, Isernia T (2001). Inverse scattering with real data: detecting and imaging homogeneous dielectric objects. Inverse Problems, vol. 17; p. 1573-1583, ISSN: 0266-5611, doi: 10.1088/0266-5611/17/6/302
O. M. Bucci, L. Crocco, Isernia T, Pascazio V (2000). Inverse scattering problems with multi-frequency data: reconstruction capabilities and solution strategies. IEEE transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 38; p. 1749-1756, ISSN: 0196-2892, doi: 10.1109/36.851974
O. M. Bucci, L. Crocco, Isernia T (1999). Improving the reconstruction capabilities in inverse scattering problems by exploiting ‘near proximity’ set-ups. Journal of the Optical Society of America, A, vol. 16; p. 1788-1798, ISSN: 1084-7529, doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.001788
F. Soldovieri, L. Crocco, PERSICO R (2007). Tomografia a microonde mediante elborazione di dati georadar. In: FERRARI A, VIGATO P A. Spazio tecnologico della ricerca: Ricognizione delle tecnologie per il patrimonio culturale (a cura di). Editrice UNI Service, ISBN/ISSN: 8861780997
Catapano I, L. Crocco, Di Donato L, ANGIULLI G, Isernia, T, MORABITO, A, TRINGALI, S, Bucci, O.M (2010). Guidelines for effective microwave breast imaging: A numerical assessment against 3D anthropomorphic phantoms. In: Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on the Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP2010. Barcelona, Spain, 12-16, aprile 2010, PISCATAWAY, NJ: IEEE
Catapano I, L. Crocco, Di Donato L, SCAPATICCI R, F. Soldovieri, MASSA R, Bucci O.M, ANGIULLI G, TRINGALI S, Isernia T (2010). GUIDELINES AND IMAGING STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE MICROWAVE BREAST SCREENING. In: ATTI XXII RIUNIONE NAZIONALE DI ELETTROMAGNETISMO, RINEMSIEM - SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI ELETTROMAGNETISMO
L. Crocco, Catapano I (2010). INVERSE SCATTERING TECHNIQUES FOR BREAST CANCER IMAGING: ISSUES AND GUIDELINES. In: PROC. 6th International Workshop on Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields. BODRUM, TURCHIA, 11-15 OTTOBRE
Di Donato L, Catapano I, F. Soldovieri, Crocco L. (2010). Imaging of 3D magnetic targets from multiview multistatic GPR data. In: Proc. of the 13th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, GPR2010. Lecce, Italia, 25-28 giugno 2010, PISCATAWAY, NJ: IEEE
Catapano I, Crocco L. (2009). A linear sampling method for through-the-wall imaging via multiple antennas GPR. In: Proocedings of the 5th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar. Granada (ES), maggio 2009IEEE
Catapano I, Di Donato L, F. Soldovieri, Crocco L. (2009). Microwave imaging of artificially induced magnetic anomalies: a feasibility study. In: Proc. of the Mediterrannean Microwave Symposium (MMS2009),. Tanger, Morocco, 15-17, Novembre, 2009, PISCATAWAY, NJ: IEEE
Catapano, I. Di Donato L, L. Crocco, Isernia T, Bucci O. M (2009). On microwave imaging of female breast. In: PROCEEDINGS OF BIOEM2009. DAVOS, SVIZZERA, 14-19, GIUGNO 2009
Belkebir K, L. Crocco, D' Urso M, Isernia T, Litman A (2007). Two Approaches for Inverse Profiling from Phaseless Data. In: Proc. of 23rd International Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics (ACES 2007). Verona, 19 - 23 Marzo 2007
Catapano I, L. Crocco, Isernia T (2007). An improved Linear Sampling Method for location and shape reconstruction of 3D buried targets. In: Proc. IGARSS 2007, 2007 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. BARCELONA, SPAIN, 27-31 Luglio 2007, PISCATAWAY, NJ: IEEE Productions
L. Crocco, Prisco G, F. Soldovieri, Cassidy N.J (2007). Advanced forward modeling and tomographic inversion for leaking water pipes monitoring. In: Proceedings of the 2007 IV International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar. Napoli, 27-29 giugno 2007, PISCATAWAY, NJ: IEEE Productions, p. 127-131, ISBN/ISSN: 1-4244-0886, doi: 10.1109/AGPR.2007.386538
F. Soldovieri, L. Crocco, PERSICO R (a cura di) (2007). Proceedings of the 2007 4th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar. Di AA. VV., PISCATAWAY, NJ: IEEE Productions, p. 1-308, ISBN: 1-4244-0886-5
Lorenzo Crocco is the author of more than 130 scientific publications (H-index 52).
An updated list of publications is available at the following link: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=C1zlsjMAAAAJ&hl=it Editor of two books:
Editor of the proceedings of two IEEE conferences:
Since 2021, Lorenzo Crocco has been listed in the Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators (single-year and career), which identify the top 2% of scientists worldwide.
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