A Mathematical Model for SAR Imaging beyond the First Born Approximation

@article{Gilman2015AMM,
  title={A Mathematical Model for SAR Imaging beyond the First Born Approximation},
  author={Mikhail Gilman and Semyon Tsynkov},
  journal={SIAM J. Imaging Sci.},
  year={2015},
  volume={8},
  pages={186-225}
}
The assumption of weak scattering is standard for the mathematical analysis of synthetic aperture radar (SAR), as it helps linearize the inverse problem via the first Born approximation and thus makes it amenable to solution. Yet it is not consistent with another common assumption, that the interrogating waves do not penetrate into the target material and get scattered off its surface only, which essentially means that the scattering is strong. In the paper, we revisit the foundations of the… 
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