Ana Carpio, Applied Mathematics -
Optimization, inverse problems and imaging


 
PDE constrained optimization methods in conjunction with topological sensitivity based techniques provide a powerful tool to reconstruct the geometry and properties of objects buried in a medium by scattering of  electromagnetic, acoustic or thermal waves. The idea is to exploit the topological sensitivity of cost functionals defined in terms of the data measured at a set of receptors to produce first guesses of the objects. The procedure is robust to noise. When enough incident directions or frequencies are employed, a topological derivative based iteration may provide a reasonable description of the objects geometry.  The method works with both harmonic or general time dependent incident radiations by either selecting different incident directions or recording information at different times. We have applied this strategy to acoustic sounding of bodies, electrical impedance tomography and photothermal imaging, combining it with gradient techniques to identify material parameters. We are able to generate good first approximations of the number, size and location of the scatterers, and improve the description of their shape and material parameters in a few steps. Making use of iteratively regularized Gauss-Newton techniques, we can invert holographic data in noninvasive light imaging of 3D biological samples. Resorting to bayesian approaches, and either linearized posteriors about an optimal point or Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling, we are able to quantify uncertainty in the inversion process for increaing noise magnitudes.



Imaged with 405nm light impinging in the z direction, balls of radius 1μm\mu

  • Seeing the invisible: digital holography, EMS Magazine 125, 4-12, 2022 [pdf]
  • Processing the 2D and 3D Fresnel experimental databases via topological derivative methods (with M. Pena, M.L. Rapún), Inverse Problems 37, 105012, 2021 [pdf]
  • Multifrequency topological derivative approach to inverse scattering methods in attenuating media (with M.L. Rapún), Symmetry - Issue on Advanced Mathematical and Simulation Methods for Inverse Problems 13, 1702, 2021 [pdf]
  • Bayesian approach to inverse scattering with topological priors (with S. Iakunin, G. Stadler), Inverse Problems 36, 105001, 2020 [pdf] [arxiv]
  • When topological derivatives met regularized Gauss-Newton iterations in holographic 3D  imaging (with T.G. Dimiduk,  F. Le Louer, M.L. Rapún), Journal of Computational Physics 388, 224-251, 2019 [pdf] [arxiv]
  • Optimization methods for in-line holography (with T.G. Dimiduk,  V. Selgas, P. Vidal), SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences 11(2), 923-956, 2018 [pdf] [arxiv]
  • Noninvasive imaging of three-dimensional micro and nanostructures by topological methods (with T.G. Dimiduk, M.L. Rapún, V. Selgas), SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences 9(3), 1324-1354, 2016 [pdf] [arxiv]
  • Parameter identification in photothermal imaging (with M.L. Rapún), Journal of mathematical imaging and vision 49(2), 273-288, 2014 [pdf] [archivo]
  • Hybrid topological derivative-gradient based methods for nondestructive testing (with M.L. Rapún), Abstract and Applied Analysis, 816134, 2013 [pdf]

  • Hybrid topological derivative and gradient-based methods for electrical impedance tomography (with M.L. Rapún), Inverse Problems 28(9), 095010, 2012 [pdf] [archivo]

  • Determining planar multiple sound-soft obstacles from scattered acoustic fields (with B.T. Johansson, M.L. Rapún), Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision 36(2), 185-199,  2010 [pdf] [archivo]

  • An iterative method for parameter identification and shape reconstruction (with M.L. Rapún), Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering 18(1), 35-50, 2010 [pdf] [archivo]

  • Domain reconstruction using photothermal techniques (with M.L. Rapún), Journal of Computational Physics 227 (17), 8083-8106, 2008  [pdf] [archivo]

  • Solving inverse inhomogeneous problems by topological derivative methods (with M.L. Rapún), Inverse Problems 24(4), 045014, 2008 [pdf] [archivo]

  • Topological derivatives for shape reconstruction (with M.L. Rapún), Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1943, 85-131, 2008 [pdf] [archivo]



last modified: 30-Sept-2021