This paper presents a machine-learning based approach to microwave ghost imaging. Unlike traditional imaging techniques, ghost imaging is a non-local imaging technique that does not involve scanning. Since ghost imaging uses a single detector at a fixed location, measurements are taken under various random or pseudo-random illuminations to recover the image. Moving from the optical frequency regime to the microwave regime, the accurate measurement of such a random field becomes more complicated because there is no device such as a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) camera at microwaves. In this work, we generate pseudo-random field patterns using a reconfigurable metasurface and we use a single detector at a fixed location to measure the reflection from the target. Reconfigurability plays a fundamental role in ghost imaging. The microstrip line-fed metasurface is formed by unit cells of size 2.564 × 1 mm2, which are tuned by a pair of PIN diodes. By activating these diodes in forward or reverse bias, different field patterns can be generated. A receiver is placed in the centre of the aperture. The resonance frequency is set to 40 GHz. To recover the image, we present a machine-learning approach. A neural network is trained using a synthetic dataset obtained from ANSYS High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) simulations to learn the second-order correlation between the incident field patterns and the measured scattered fields at the detector in order to recover the target image.
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