Francesco Soldovieri
Francesco Soldovieri
Francesco
Soldovieri
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Director of Research

Activity

L'attività di ricerca di Francesco Soldovieri  riguarda principalmente lo sviluppo di approcci di inversione, basati su modellistica elettromagnetica, per l’elaborazione di dati radar in close e far  sensing con riferimento a diversi campi applicativi fra i quali: archeologia, diagnostica di beni culturali, geofisica, monitoraggio di infrastrutture, security.

Curriculum

Francesco Soldovieri si è laureato in Ingegneria Elettronica nel 1992 presso l’Università di Salerno. Ha poi conseguito il titolo di Dottore di Ricerca in Ingegneria Elettronica, con un curriculum di Elettromagnetismo Applicato, nel 1996 presso l’Università di  Napoli “Federico II" discutendo la tesi dal titolo “Misure in solo modulo di antenne” (tutore il Prof. O.m. Bucci).

Ha svolto dal 1993 fino al 1999 attività di ricerca in collaborazione con il Gruppo di Elettromagnetismo dell’Università di Napoli “Federico II” anche grazie ad una borsa di studio post-dottorato nel biennio 1998-1999. Nel biennio 1999-2000 ha svolto attività di ricerca presso la Seconda Università di Napoli in collaborazione con il Gruppo di ricerca di Elettromagnetismo Applicato con riferimento a tematiche di diagnostica di antenne e problemi di diffusione elettromagnetica inversa.Dal 2001 al 2006 è stato Ricercatore presso l’Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell’Ambiente del CNR e dal  2006 è Primo Ricercatore presso lo stesso Istituto.

E’ stato membro di Comitati Scientifici e Technical Review Panels di diverse edizioni della International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (2004, 2006, 2008) e dello International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (2003, 2005, 2009, 2011), di IGARSS (2008, 2009, 2010). E’ stato organizzatore/convener di sessioni a : PIERS (2005) e EGU General Assembly (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).

E’ stato  General Chair dello International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar 2007, Napoli, Italy. E’ stato General Co-Chair della International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Lecce, Italy, Giugno 2010.

E’ stato  Guest Editor per diversi Special Issues su:  Advances in Geosciences (Nov. 2008 e 2010), Near Surface Geophysics (Dec. 2008, October 2010), Journal of Applied Geophysics (March 2009), Journal of Geophysics and Engineering (2010, 2011),  International Water Technology Journal (2011), International Journal of Geophysics (2011).

E’ revisore di molte riviste internazionali, fra le quali le più importanti sono: IEEE Antennas and Propagation Trans., IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Trans., IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Geophysics, Electronic Letters, Journal of Optical Society Pt. A,  Inverse Problems, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, Near Surface Geophysics.

Fa parte dell'Editorial Board di diversi giornalifra i quali; IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (IEEE GRSL), di Journal of Geophysics and Engineering (JGE), di Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and  Data Systems (GI-EGU).  

E’ stato professore a contratto presso le Università “Mediterranea” di Reggio Calabria e la Seconda Università di Napoli tenendo corsi  in Campi Elettromagnetici, Antenne, Microonde, Diagnostica Elettromagnetica

Ha ricevuto il premio 1999 Honorable Mention for the H.A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society che riconosce il mgliore lavoro applicativo.

Francesco Soldovieri ha coordinato il progetto biennale “Monitoraggio Elettromagnetico per la stabilità strutturale di edifici storici” finanziato dalla Regione Campania nel biennio 2002-2003.

E’ Coordinatore Tecnico/scientifico del progetto “Integrated System for Transport Infrastructures surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing ” (costo totale di circa  4MEuro) approvato nell’ambito della prima Joint Call ICT-Security del 2007.

E’ stato Nato Partner Director di una proposta  NATO-RUSSIA dal titolo  “Multi-Sensing System for Detection of Suspicious People and Prohibited Items in Airports” che è stata giudicata eleggibile per il finanziamento.

I suoi principali interessi di ricerca riguardano: la diagnostica em; la diffusione em inversa; le applicazioni  Georadar; la diagnostica e caratterizzazione di di antenne; il monitoraggio dello stato del mare da dati radar. E’ coautore di circa 120 articoli su riviste internazionali e 150 comunicazioni a congressi internazionali.

 

Scientific production

Articoli su riviste di rilevanza internazionale

  1. G. Leone, R.Pierri, F.Soldovieri, "Reconstruction of  complex signals from intensities of Fourier-transform pairs", Journal of the Optical Society of America Part A, vol. 13, n. 7, pp.1546-1556, July 1996. 
  2. T. Isernia, G.Leone, R.Pierri, F.Soldovieri, "On the local minima in phase reconstruction algorithms",  Radio Science, vol. 31, n. 6, pp. 1887-1899,  Nov.-Dec. 1996.
  3. R. Pierri and F.Soldovieri, "On the information content of the radiated fields in the near zone over bounded domains ", Inverse Problems, vol.  14 , no. 2,  pp. 321-337, Apr. 1998.
  4. R. Pierri, G. D’Elia, F. Soldovieri, "A two probes scanning phaseless near-field far-field transformation technique",  IEEE Transactions on  Antennas and Propagation, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 792-802, May 1999, Honorable mention for H.A Wheeler Prize Award.
  5. T. Isernia, G. Leone, R. Pierri, F. Soldovieri, “ The role of support information and zero locations in phase retrieval by a quadratic approach”, Journal of the Optical Society of America Part A, , vol. 16, n. 7, pp. 1845-1856, July 1999.
  6. M.D. Migliore, R. Pierri, F. Soldovieri, “Far-field antenna pattern estimation from near-field  data using a low-cost only-amplitude measurement setup”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 49, n. 1, pp. 71-76,  Feb. 2000.
  7. G.D’Elia, G. Di Massa, F.Soldovieri, “Mutual coupling compensation in a power synthesis technique of planar array antennas”, IEE Proceedings Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, vol. 147,  n. 2, pp. 95-99,  April 2000.
  8. Caccavale, T. Isernia, F.Soldovieri, “Optimal focusing of microstrip array antennas including mutual coupling “,  IEE Proceedings  Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, vol. 147,  n. 3, pp. 199-202, June 2000.
  9. T. Isernia, P. Di Iorio, F. Soldovieri, “An effective approach for the optimal focusing of array fields subject to arbitrary upper bounds”, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 48, n. 12, pp. 1837-1847, Dec. 2000.
  10. R. Pierri, F. Soldovieri, A. Liseno, R. Solimene, “In-depth resolution for a strip  source in the Fresnel zone”, Journal of the Optical Society of America, Pt. A., vol. 18, n. 2, pp. 352-359, Feb. 2001.
  11. R. Pierri, G. Leone, R. Persico, F. Soldovieri, “Electromagnetic inversion for subsurface applications under the distorted Born approximation”, Il Nuovo Cimento Sez. C, vol. 24C, n. 2, pp. 245-261, Mar.-Apr. 2001.
  12. A. Liseno,  R. Pierri, F. Soldovieri, “Depth-resolving power in near zone: numerical results for a strip-source ”,  AEÜ, International Journal of Electronics and  Communications, vol. 55, n. 2, pp. 100-108, Mar.-April 2001.
  13. A. Brancaccio, G. Leone, R. Pierri, F. Soldovieri, “ One dimensional inverse dielectric profiling of embedded slabs by a quadratic approximation”, AEÜ, International Journal of Electronics and  Communications, vol. 55, n. 2, pp. 109-118,  Mar.-April 2001.
  14. R. Pierri, A. Liseno, F. Soldovieri, “Shape reconstruction  from PO multifrequency scattered fields  via  the singular value decomposition approach ”,  IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation,   vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 1333-1343, September  2001.
  15. R. Pierri, A. Brancaccio, G. Leone, F. Soldovieri, “ Electromagnetic prospection via homogeneous and inhomogeneous plane waves: the case of an embedded slab”, AEÜ, International Journal of Electronics and  Communications, vol.56, n.1, pp. 11-18, Jan. 2002.
  16. R. Pierri, A. Liseno, F. Soldovieri, R. Solimene, F. Tartaglione, “ Resolution limits in the Fresnel zone: roles of aperture extent and frequency”, Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications Journal, vol.3,no. 1, pp. Jan. 2002.
  17. R. Bernini, L. Crocco, A. Minardo, F. Soldovieri, L. Zeni, “A new frequency domain approach to distributed fiber-optic Brillouin sensing”, Optics Letters, vol. 27,… March 2002
  18. A. Brancaccio, G. Leone, R. Pierri, F. Soldovieri, “Experimental validation of a PO-based shape reconstruction algorithm”, IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 40, n.9, pp. 2093-2099, Sept. 2002
  19. R. Persico, R. Pierri, F. Soldovieri, “On the convergence properties of a quadratic approach to the inverse scattering problems“, Journal of the Optical Society of America, Pt. A, vol. 19, n. 12, pp. 2424-2428, Dec. 2002.
  20. R. Pierri, F. Soldovieri, A. Liseno, F. De Blasio, “ Dielectric profiles reconstruction via the quadratic approach in 2-D geometry from multi-frequency and multi-frequency/multi-view data”,  IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing. , vol. 40, no. 12, pp. 2709-2718,  Dec. 2002
  21. G. Leone, F. Soldovieri, “Analysis of the distorted Born approximation for subsurface reconstruction: truncation and uncertainties effect”, IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 66-74, Jan. 2003.
  22. R. Bernini, L. Crocco, A. Minardo, F. Soldovieri, L. Zeni, “All-frequency domain distributed fiber-optic Brillouin sensing”,  IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 36-43, Feb. 2003.
  23. G. Fornaro, F. Serafino, F. Soldovieri, “Three dimensional focusing with multi-pass SAR data”,  IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, , vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 507-517, Mar. 2003.
  24. L. Crocco, F. Soldovieri, “A microwave tomographic approach for imaging targets buried in a layered medium”, Annals of Geophysics, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 559-572, June 2003.
  25. A. Liseno, F. Soldovieri,  R. Pierri, “Shape identification by physical optics: the two-dimensional TE case”,  Journal of the Optical Society of America, Pt. A, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 1827-1830, Sep. 2003.
  26. R. Persico and F. Soldovieri, “Reconstruction of a slab embedded in a three layered medium from multifrequency data under Born approximation”, Journal of the Optical Society of America, Pt. A, vol 21, n. 1, pp. 35-45, January 2004.
  27. A. Liseno, F. Soldovieri,  R. Pierri, “Improving a shape reconstruction algorithm with thresholds and multi-view data“, AEÜ, International Journal of Electronics and  Communications, vol. 58, no.2, pp. 118-124, 2004.
  28. A. Liseno, F. Tartaglione, F. Soldovieri, “Shape reconstruction of 2d buried objects under a Kirchhoff approximation”,  IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol.1, no. 2, pp.118-121, April 2004. 
  29. F. Soldovieri, R. Persico, “Reconstruction of an embedded slab from multifrequency scattered field under Born approximation”, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 52, n. 9, pp. September  2004.  
  30. R. Persico and F. Soldovieri, “Effects of uncertainty on background permittivity in 1D linear inverse scattering”,  Journal of the Optical Society of America, Pt. A., Dec. 2004.
  31. F.  Soldovieri, A. Brancaccio, G. Leone, R. Pierri,” Shape Reconstruction Of Perfectly Conducting Objects By Multiview Experimental Data”, IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 65-71, Jan. 2005.
  32. R. Persico, F.Soldovieri, “Effects of the Radiated Power in a Linear Inverse Scattering algorithm for GPR Prospecting: numerical results", Microwave Journal,  Jan. 2005.
  33. F. Soldovieri, R. Persico, G. Leone, “Frequency diversity in a linear inversion algorithm for GPR prospecting ”, Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications Journal, Special Issue GPR2004, vol.6, no.1, pp. 25-42, 2005.
  34. F. Soldovieri, A. Liseno, G. Leone, F. Tartaglione, R. Pierri, “ Linear tomographic processing of stepped-frequency GPR data, accepted for the publication on  AEÜ, International Journal of Electronics and  Communications, vol.59, pp. 329-336, 2005.
  35. R. Persico, R. Bernini, F. Soldovieri, “The role of the measurement configuration in inverse scattering from buried objects under the Born approximation”, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 53, no.6, pp. 1875-1887, June 2005.
  36. F. Soldovieri, R. Persico, G. Leone, “Effect of source and receiver radiation characteristics in subsurface prospecting within the distorted Born approximation”,  Radio Science, vol. 40, no. 3, Art. No. RS3006,  May  2005.
  37. F. Soldovieri, A. Liseno, G. D’Elia, R. Pierri, “Global convergence of  phase retrieval by quadratic approach” , IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 53, no. 10, pp. 3135-3141, October  2005.
  38. R. Pierri, A. Liseno, R. Solimene, F. Soldovieri, “Beyond physical optics SVD shape reconstruction of metallic cylinders”, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 655-665, February 2006.
  39. M. Pieraccini, L. Noferini, D. Mecatti, C. Atzeni, G. Luzi, R. Persico, F. Soldovieri, “Advanced Processing Techniques for Step-Frequency Continuous-Wave Penetrating Radar: The Case Study of "Palazzo Vecchio" Walls (Firenze, Italy),” Research in Nondestructive Evaluation, vol. 17, pp. 71–83, 2006
  40. I. Catapano, L. Crocco, R. Persico, M. Pieraccini, F. Soldovieri, “Linear and Nonlinear Microwave Tomography Approaches for Subsurface Prospecting: Validation on Real Data”, Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 5, pp. 49-53,  2006.
  41. A. Brancaccio, F. Soldovieri, G. Leone, D. Sglavo, R. Pierri, “Microwave characterization of materials in civil engineering”, Proceedings of the European Microwave Association,vol.2, pp. 128-135, June 2006.
  42. F. Soldovieri, A. Brancaccio, G. Prisco, G. Leone, “Characterization of Ultra-wideband Bow-tie Antennas for Ground Penetrating Radar Systems”, Microwave Journal, vol.49, no. 8, pp. 186-194, Aug. 2006.
  43. F. Soldovieri, R. Persico, E. Utsi, V. Utsi, The application of inverse scattering techniques with ground penetrating radar to the problem of rebar location in concrete”,  NDT & E International, Vol. 39, Issue 7, October 2006, Pages 602-607.
  44. R. Persico, F. Soldovieri, “A microwave tomography approach for a differential configuration in GPR prospecting”, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol.  54,  Issue 11,  Part 2, pp. 3541 – 3548, Nov. 2006
  45. F. Soldovieri, R. Persico, G. Leone, A Microwave Tomographic Imaging Approach for Multibistatic Configuration: The Choice of the Frequency Step”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 55,  Issue 6, pp. 1926 – 1934, Dec. 2006.
  46. F. Soldovieri, G. Prisco, R. Solimene, “Equalization of the antenna pattern in shape reconstruction of metallic objects”, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation,  Vol.  54,  Issue 12,  pp. 3865 – 3873, Dec. 2006.  
  47. F. Soldovieri, J. Hugenschmidt, R. Persico and G. Leone, “A linear inverse scattering algorithm for realistic GPR applications”, Near Surface Geophysics, vol.  5, no. 1, pp. 29-42,  February 2007.
  48. F. Soldovieri, R. Solimene, A. Brancaccio, R. Pierri, “Localization of the Interfaces of a Slab Hidden Behind a Wall”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 45, no. 8, pp. 2471-2482,  Aug. 2007.
  49. S. Piscitelli, E. Rizzo, F. Cristallo, V. Lapenna, L. Crocco, R. Persico, F. Soldovieri, “GPR and microwave tomography for detecting shallow cavities in the historical area of "Sassi of Matera (Southern Italy)”, Near Surface Geophysics, vol.  5, no. 4, pp. 275-284,  August 2007.
  50. F. Soldovieri, R. Solimene, “Through-Wall Imaging Via a Linear Inverse Scattering Algorithm” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol.  4, no. 4,  pp. 513-517, Oct. 2007.
  51. R. Solimene, F. Soldovieri, G. Prisco, R.Pierri, “Three-Dimensional Microwave Tomography by a 2-D Slice-Based Reconstruction Algorithm”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters,  vol. 4, no. 4,  pp. 556 – 560, Oct. 2007.
  52. F. Soldovieri, G. Prisco, R. Persico, H. Lentz, “Analysis of Ultra-Wideband ridged-horn antennas for Ground Penetrating radar systems”, Microwave Journal, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 90-104, Oct. 2007.
  53. A. Brancaccio, G. Leone, F. Soldovieri, R. Pierri, “Localization of interfaces embedded in a half-space by a linear inverse scattering algorithm”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 45, no. 11, pp. 3661-3671,  Nov. 2007.
  54. G. Leucci, R. Persico, F. Soldovieri, “Detection of fractures from GPR data: the case history of the Cathedral of Otranto”, J. Geophys. Eng., vol. 4 , pp.  452-461, Dec. 2007.
  55. R. Persico, F. Soldovieri, “Two Dimensional Inverse Scattering from Buried Magnetic Anomalies in a Half Space”,  Annals of Geophysics,  vol. 51, no. 1 pp. 145-156, Feb. 2008.
  56.  F. Soldovieri, R. Pierri, “Shape reconstruction of  metallic objects from only intensity scattered field data”, Optics Letters, Vol. 33, Issue 3, pp. 246-248, Feb. 2008  
  57. F. Soldovieri, G. Prisco, R. Persico, “Application of Microwave Tomography in Hydrogeophysics: some examples”, Vadose Zone Journal, pp.160-170, Feb. 2008.
  58. L. Orlando, F. Soldovieri, “Two different approaches for georadar data processing: a case study in archaeological prospecting”, Journal of Applied Geophysics, vol. 64, pp. 1-13,  March 2008.
  59. R. Persico, F. Soldovieri, “Effects of the background removal in linear inverse scattering”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 46, no.4, pp. 1104-1114, April 2008.
  60. F. Soldovieri, G. Prisco, R. Solimene, “A multi-array tomographic approach for Trough-Wall Imaging”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 46, no.4, pp. 1192-1199, April 2008.
  61. F. Soldovieri, G. Leone, R. Pierri, “A novel phase retrieval technique based on propagation diversity via a dielectric slab”, Optics Express, Vol. 16, No. 10, pp. 7418-27, May 2008.
  62. F. Soldovieri, R. Solimene, R. Pierri, “Reconstructing the contour of metallic planar objects from only intensity scattered field data over a single plane”, Optics Express, Vol. 16, No. 13, pp. 9468-79,  June 2008.
  63. F. Soldovieri¸ A. Brancaccio, G. Prisco, G. Leone, R.  Pierri, ”A Kirchhoff based shape reconstruction algorithm for the multimonostatic configuration: the realistic case of buried pipes”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IGARSS Special Issue, Volume 46,  no. 10, pp. 3031 – 3038, October 2008.
  64. F. Soldovieri, G. Leone, R. Pierri, “An innovative phase retrieval technique from single plane near field intensity by a dielectric slab”, AEÜ, International Journal of Electronics and  Communications, Vol. 62, no. 10, pp. 732-739, Nov. 2008.
  65. L. Eppelbaum, F. Soldovieri, Preface of Geophysical monitoring of the near-surface by electromagnetic and other geophysical methods, Advances in Geosciences, vol. 19, Nov. 2008.
  66. F. Soldovieri, R. Bernini, I. Catapano, and L. Crocco, “The integration of novel diagnostics techniques for multi-scale monitoring of large civil infrastructures”, Advances in Geosciences, Geophysical monitoring of the near-surface by electromagnetic and other geophysical methods, vol. 19, pp. 67-74 , Nov. 2008
  67. F. Serafino, C. Lugni, and F. Soldovieri, “Sea surface topography reconstruction from X-band radar images”, Advances in Geosciences Geophysical monitoring of the near-surface by electromagnetic and other geophysical methods, vol. 19, pp. 83-86 , Nov. 2008
  68. R. Solimene, G. Prisco, and F. Soldovieri, “GPR based soil electromagnetic parameters determination for subsurface imaging”, Advances in Geosciences, Geophysical monitoring of the near-surface by electromagnetic and other geophysical methods, vol. 19, pp. 39-44 , Nov. 2008.
  69. L. Crocco,  R. Persico, F. Soldovieri, Foreword in  Special Issue “GPR – Tomography, Imaging and Modeling”,  Near Surface Geophysics, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 339-340, Dec. 2008.
  70. L. Crocco, G. Prisco, F. Soldovieri, N.J. Cassidy, “Early-stage leaking pipes GPR monitoring via microwave tomographic inversion”, Journal of Applied Geophysics, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 270-277, April 2009.
  71. F. Soldovieri, G. Prisco, R. Persico, “A strategy for the determination of the dielectric permittivity of a lossy soil exploiting GPR surface measurements and a cooperative target”, Journal of Applied Geophysics, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 288-295, April 2009.
  72. N. Cassidy, E. Slob, F. Soldovieri, “Introduction to the special issue on advanced applications, systems and modelling for GPR”, Journal of Applied Geophysics, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 269, April 2009.
  73. R. Solimene, F. Soldovieri, G. Prisco, R. Pierri, “Three-dimensional Through-Wall Imaging under ambiguous wall parameters”, ”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Special Issue on Remote Sensing of the Building Interior, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 1310-1317, May 2009.
  74. R. Solimene, A. Brancaccio,  R. Pierri, F. Soldovieri, “TWI experimental results by a linear inverse scattering approach”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER 91, pp. 259-272, 2009.
  75. F. Soldovieri,  R. Solimene,  R. Pierri, “A simple strategy to detect changes in Through the wall imaging”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 7, 1-13, 2009.
  76. F. Soldovieri, R. Persico, M.M. Golovko, G.P. Pochanin, “Two Strategies for the Determination of Soil Permittivity by GPR Data”, Foreign Radioelectronics – Success of Modern Radio Electronics, pp. 60-73, vol. 5-2009, June 2009 (ISSN-2070-0784) (in Russian).
  77. F. Soldovieri , G. Prisco and S.E. Hamran,, “A preparatory study on subsurface exploration on Mars using GPR and microwave tomography “, Planetary and Space Science,  vol. 59,  no. 8-9, pp. 1076-1084, July 2009.
  78. N. Romano, G. Prisco, F. Soldovieri, “Design of a reconfigurable antenna for ground penetrating radar applications”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER 94, pp. 1-18, 2009.
  79. E. Pettinelli, A. Di Matteo, E. Mattei, L. Crocco, F.Soldovieri, D.J. Redman, and A.P. Annan, “GPR response from buried pipes: measurement on field site and tomographic reconstructions”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 47, no. 8, pp. 2639 – 2645, Aug. 2009.
  80. M. D’Urso, G. Leone, F. Soldovieri, “A simple strategy for life signs detection via an X-band experimental set-up”,Progress In Electromagnetics Research C,  PIER-C 9, pp. 119-129, 2009.
  81. F. Soldovieri, C. Mola, R. Solimene, and R. Pierri, “Inverse source problem from the knowledge of radiated field over multiple rectilinear domains”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research M,  PIER-M 8, pp. 131-141, 2009.
  82. F. Soldovieri, N. Romano, “The mutual interaction between the reconfigurable transmitting and receiving antennas in Ground Penetrating Radar surveys”, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, volume 23, no. 14/15, page 1919-1928, 2009.
  83. R. Castaldo,  L. Crocco, M. Fedi, B. Garofalo, R. Persico, A. Rossi, F. Soldovieri, “GPR microwave tomography for diagnostic of archaeological sites: the case of a high-way construction in Pontecagnano (Southern Italy)”, Archaeological Prospection, vol. 16, pp. 203-217, 2009.
  84. F. Soldovieri, L. Orlando, “Novel tomographic based approach and processing strategies for GPR measurements using multi-frequency antennas”, Journal of Cultural Heritage, vol. 10, Suppl. 1, pp. 83-92, December 2009.
  85. F. Soldovieri, R. Deming, R. Pierri, “An improved version of the relative entropy minimization  approach for the phase retrieval problem”, AEÜ, International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Volume 64, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 56-65
  86. R. Solimene, A. Buonanno, R. Pierri, F. Soldovieri, “Shape reconstruction of 3D metallic objects via a physical optics distributional approach", AEÜ, International Journal of Electronics and  Communications, Volume 64, Issue 2, February 2010, Pages 142-151.
  87. L. Crocco and F. Soldovieri, T. Millington and N. Cassidy, “Bistatic tomographic GPR imaging for incipient pipeline leakage evaluation”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER , vol. 101, page 307-321, 2010
  88. L. Lo Monte, D. Erricolo, F . Soldovieri, M.C. Wicks, “Radio Frequency Tomography for Tunnel Detection”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 48, no.3, pp. 1128-1137, 2010
  89. R. Persico, F. Soldovieri, “Ground Penetrating Radar as non invasive sensing and diagnostic tool”, EARSeL Newsletter, no. 81, pp. 48-57, March 2010.
  90. F. Serafino, C. Lugni, F. Soldovieri, “A novel strategy for the surface current determination from marine X-Band radar data”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 7, no.2, pp. 231-235, April 2010.
  91. R. Solimene, A. Buonanno, F. Soldovieri, R. Pierri “Physical Optics Imaging of 3-D PEC Objects: Vector and Multipolarized Approaches “,IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing., vol. 48, no.4, pp. 1799-1808, 2010
  92. J. Hugenschmidt, A. Kalogeropoulos, F. Soldovieri, G. Prisco, “Processing strategies for high-resolution GPR concrete inspections”, NDT&E International, vol. 43, n.4, pp. 334-342, June 2010.
  93. L. V. Eppelbaum, N. Masini, and F. Soldovieri, Preface of the Volume 24 of Advances in Geosciences, "Near surface geophysics for the study and the management of historical resources: past, present and future (EGU GI9 Session 2009)", pp. 1, March 2010.
  94. M. Bavusi, R. Di Napoli, and F. Soldovieri, “Microwave Tomographic approach for masonry investigation: some real results”, Advances in Geosciences, vol. 24, pp. 83-88, April 2010.
  95. L. Lo Monte, D. Erricolo, F. Soldovieri, M.C. Wicks, “ RF Tomography for below ground imaging of extended areas and close-in sensing”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters,  vol.  7, pp. 496-500, 2010
  96. L V Eppelbaum , N Masini and F Soldovieri, “Special issue on near surface geophysics for the study and the management of historical resources”, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 2, June 2010
  97. R. Persico, F. Soldovieri, E. Utsi, “Microwave tomography for processing of GPR data at Ballachulish”,  Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, vol.7, no. 2, pp. 164-173, June 2010
  98. F. Serafino, C. Lugni , J. C. Nieto Borge, V. Zamparelli and F. Soldovieri, *Bathymetry Determination via X-Band Radar Data: A New Strategy and Numerical Results “, Sensors, vol. 10, no.7 , pp. 6522-6534, July 2010
  99. M. Bavusi, F. Soldovieri, S. Piscitelli, A. Loperte, F. Vallianatos, P. Soupios, “Ground Penetrating Radar and Microwave Tomography to evaluate the crack and joint geometry in historical buildings: some examples from Chania (Crete, Greece)”, Near Surface Geophysics, Vol 8, No. 5, pp. 377-387 Oct. 2010
  100. N. Masini, F. Soldovieri, Foreword in  Special Issue “GPR in Archaeology”, Near Surface Geophysics, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 353-354, Oct. 2010.
  101. F. Soldovieri, A.F. Morabito, F. D’Agostino, S. I. Ivashov, V. V. Razevig, and I. A. Vasiliev, “A simple processing approach for holographic RASCAN data”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research PIER, vol. 107, pp. 315-330, 2010
  102. R. Solimene, F. Soldovieri, A. Baratonia, R. Pierri, “Experimental Validation of a Linear Inverse Scattering TWI Algorithm by a SF-CW Radar", IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 9, pp. 506-509, 2010.
  103. Lauro, S. E., E. Mattei, E. Pettinelli, F. Soldovieri, R. Orosei, M. Cartacci, A. Cicchetti, R. Noschese, and S. Giuppi (2010), “Permittivity estimation of layers beneath the northern polar layered deposits, Mars “, Geophys. Res. Lett., VOL. 37, L14201, 4 PP., 2010, doi:10.1029/2010GL043015
  104. R. Persico, L. Crocco, F. Soldovieri, “Report on the XIII International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar”, GRSS Newsletters, Issue #156, pp. 31-32 September 2010.
  105. Proto M., Soldovieri F. et al., “Transport Infrastructure Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing: The ISTIMES Project”, Sensors, 2010, 10(12), 10620-10639; doi:10.3390/s101210620
  106. R. Solimene, F. Soldovieri, A. D’Alterio, “Determination of the Fresnel reflection coefficient of a half-space for medium estimation purposes”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, vol. 27, pp. 61-82, 2011.
  107. R. Persico, N. Romano, F. Soldovieri, “Design of a balun for a bow tie antenna in reconfigurable ground penetrating radar systems”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, vol. 18, page 123-135, 2011 
  108. F. Soldovieri, F. Ahmad, R. Solimene, “Validation of microwave tomographic inverse scattering approach via through-the-wall experiments in semi-controlled conditions”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 123-127, 2011.
  109. F. Soldovieri, O. Lopera, S. Lambot, “Combination of advanced inversion techniques for an accurate target localization via GPR for demining applications”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 451-461, 2011 
  110. F. Serafino, C. Lugni, J.C. Nieto Borge, F. Soldovieri, “Simple Strategy to Mitigate the Aliasing Effect in X-band Marine Radar Data: numerical results for a 2D case”, Sensors 2011; 11(1):1009-1027. 
  111.  I. Akduman, L. Crocco, F. Soldovieri, “Experimental validation of a simple system for through-the-wall inverse scattering”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 258-262, 2011. 
  112.  F. Soldovieri, R. Solimene, L. Lomonte, M. Bavusi, A. Loperte, “Sparse Reconstruction from GPR Data  with Applications to Rebar Detection”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 1070-1079, March 2011. 
  113. T. M. Millington, N. J. Cassidy, L. Nuzzo, L. Crocco, F. Soldovieri and J. K. Pringle, “Interpreting complex, three-dimensional, near-surface GPR surveys : an integrated modelling and inversion approach”, Near Surface Geophysics, vol. 9, no. 3  pp. 297-304, June 2011. 
  114. R. Persico, F. Soldovieri, ”Two Dimensional Linear Inverse Scattering for Dielectric and Magnetic Anomalies” Near Surface Geophysics, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 287-295, June 2011. 
  115. R. Solimene, R. Di Napoli, F. Soldovieri, and R. Pierri, “TWI for an unknown symmetric lossless wall”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 49, no. 8, pp. 2876-2886, 2011  
  116. R. Solimene, A. D’Alterio, F. Soldovieri, Determining the Fresnel Reflection Coefficients in 3D Half Space Geometry by GPR Multistatic Data", Near Surface Geophysics, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 265-275, June 2011. 
  117. A. Loperte, M. Bavusi, G. Cerverizzo, V. Lapenna, and F. Soldovieri, “Ground Penetrating Radar in dam monitoring: the test case of Acerenza (Southern Italy)”, International Journal of Geophysics, Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 654194, 9 pages, doi:10.1155/2011/654194 
  118. G. Leucci, N. Masini, R. Persico, F. Soldovieri.” GPR and sonic tomography for structural restoration : the case of the Cathedral of Tricarico”, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, vol. 8, S76-S92, Aug. 2011.
  119. S. Nordebo, M. Gustafsson, T. Sjoden, F. Soldovieri, “Data fusion for electromagnetic and electrical resistive tomography based on maximum likelihood”, International Journal of Geophysics, Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 617089, 11 pages, doi:10.1155/2011/617089
  120. S. Nordebo, M. Gustafsson, F. Soldovieri, “Data fusion for reconstruction algorithms via different sensors in geophysical sensing”, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, vol. 8, S54-S60, Aug. 2011.
  121. A. Palombo, S. Pignatti, A. Perrone, F. Soldovieri, T.A. Stabile, and S. Pascucci, “Noninvasive Remote Sensing Techniques for Infrastructures Diagnostics,” International Journal of Geophysics, vol. 2011, Article ID 204976, 9 pages, 2011. doi:10.1155/2011/204976
  122. M. Bavusi, F. Soldovieri, R. Di Napoli, A. Loperte, A. Di Cesare, F. C. Ponzo and V. Lapenna, “Ground Penetrating Radar and Microwave Tomography 3D applications for the deck evaluation of the Musmeci bridge (Potenza, Italy)”, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering vol. 8, S33-S46, Aug. 2011.
  123. F. Soldovieri, L. Crocco, A. Brancaccio, R. Solimene, R. Persico, “Applications of ground penetrating radar and microwave tomography in water monitoring and management”,  International Water Technology Journal, vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 78-88, ISSN: 2090/5432, June 2011.
  124. N. Masini, F. Soldovieri, “Integrated non-invasive sensing techniques and geophysical methods for the study and conservation of architectural, archaeological and artistic heritage”, Editorial, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, vol. 8, 2 pages, Aug. 2011.
  125. I. Catapano, F. Soldovieri and L. Crocco, “ On the feasiblity of the Linear Sampling Method for 3D GPR surveys”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER 118, pp. 185-203,2011, doi:10.2528/PIER11042704.
  126. R. Solimene, C. Mola, R. Pierri and F. Soldovieri, “Inverse source problem: a comparison between the cases of electric and magnetic sources”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, vol. 20, pp. 127-141, 2011.

Ariticoli su riviste di rilevanza nazionale

  1. T.Isernia, F.Soldovieri, G.Leone, R.Pierri, "Reflector diagnostics from aperture and far field intensities",  Atti della  Fondazione Giorgio  Ronchi, vol. 49, n. 4, pp. 727-731, July 1994.
  2. G. D’Elia, G. Di Massa, F. Soldovieri, “Power synthesis technique of planar arrays with mutual coupling compensation”, Atti della Fondazione  Giorgio Ronchi,  vol. 54, n. 3-4, pp. 527-535,  Maggio-Agosto1999.
  3. A. Liseno, R. Pierri, F. Soldovieri, R. Solimene, “Depth resolving power in the Fresnel and near zone: the case of a strip source ”, Atti della Fondazione Giorgio Ronchi, vol. 56, n.4-5, pp. 813-821, Luglio-Ottobre2001.
  4. A. Liseno, F. Soldovieri,  R. Pierri, “Shape reconstruction algorithm: thresholds, multiple views and application to voids ”,  Atti della Fondazione Giorgio Ronchi,  vol. 58., no. 3-4, pp. 375-389, May-June 2003.
  5. A. Brancaccio, G. Leone, F. Soldovieri, R. Pierri, “Misure ed algoritmi per la diagnostica elettromagnetica strutturale di murature”, Quaderni della Società Italiana di Elettromagnetismo, vol. 1, no. 2, Luglio 2005.
  6. F. Soldovieri, G. Leone, R. Persico, G. Prisco, A. Brancaccio, Caratterizzazione numerica e sperimentale di antenne UWB per applicazioni di diagnostica non distruttiva, Atti della Fondazione Giorgio Ronchi, vol. 63, no. 1-2,  pp. 205-206, Jan.-Apr. 2008.
  7. R. Olmi, C. Riminesi, M. Pieraccini, F. Soldovieri, “Le Microonde per i Beni Culturali”, Quaderni della Società Italiana di Elettromagnetismo, vol. 4, pp. 112-130, Feb. 2008.

 Brevetti

  1.  G. Fornaro, F. Serafino,  F. Soldovieri, ” Metodo di elaborazione di dati rilevati mediante radar ad apertura sintetica (Synthetic Aperture Radar - SAR) e relativo sistema di telerilevamento”, domanda  no. RM2007A000399, 19/07/2007.
  2. Method for processing data sensed by a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and related remote sensing System, G. Fornaro, F. Serafino, F. Soldovieri, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Europa,  no. 08425447.3-2220
  3. N. Masini, R. Persico, F. Soldovieri, “Sistema GPR stepped frequency riconfigurabile”, domanda no. RM2009A000422, 05/08/2009.

Special Guest Editor

  1. Special Issue “Geophysical monitoring of the near-surface by electromagnetic and  other geophysical methods ” on Advances in Geosciences, vol. 19, edited by L. Eppelbaum, F. Soldovieri, November 2008.
  2. Special Issue “GPR – Tomography, Imaging and Modeling” on Near Surface Geophysics, vol.6, no. 6, edited by L. Crocco,  R. Persico, F. Soldovieri, Dec. 2008.
  3. Special Issue “Advanced Applications, Systems and Modeling for GPR” on Journal of Applied Geophysics, vol. 67, no. 4;  edited by N. Cassidy,  E. Slob, F. Soldovieri, April 2009.
  4. Special Issue "Near surface geophysics for the study and the management of historical resources: past, present and future (EGU GI9 Session 2009)", on Advances in Geosciences, vol. 24, edited by L. V. Eppelbaum, N. Masini, and F. Soldovieri,  March 2010.
  5. Special Issue “Near surface geophysics for the study and the management of historical resources”, on Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, edited by L. V. Eppelbaum, N. Masini, and F. Soldovieri, vol. 7, no. 2, June 2010
  6.  Special Issue “GPR in Archaeology”, on Near Surface Geophysics, edited by N. Masini, F. Soldovieri, vol. 8, no. 5, Oct. 2010.
  7. Special Issue on “Non invasive Sensing Techniques and Geophysical Methods for Cultural Heritage and Civil Infrastructures Monitoring”, International Journal of Geophysics, July 2011 (Editors: F. Soldovieri, J. Dumoulin, N. Masini, E. Utsi).
  8. Special Issue on “Ground Penetrating Radar: Modeling tools, Imaging methods and Systems concepts”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing.
  9. Special Issue on “Integrated non-invasive sensing techniques and geophysical methods for the study and conservation of architectural, archaeological and artistic heritage”, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering (Editors: N. Masini and F. Soldovieri), vol. 8, Aug. 2011
  10. Special Issue on “ICT applied to Water Sector”, International Water Technology Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, June 2011 (Editors: A. Kostianoy, J.F. Creataux, F. Soldovieri. V. Lapenna). 

 

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