Scattering analysis of human body modeled by NURBS surfaces in MM-wave band

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a frequency-independent method for calculation of scattered electromagnetic (EM) fields by the human body in millimeter-wave (MMW) band. The surface of the body is accurately modeled by non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) surfaces and is illuminated by a plane wave. The scattered EM fields are formulated by physical optics (PO) approximation. This approximation yields PO surface highly oscillatory integrals that are solved by numerical steepest descent path (NSDP) method, frequency-independently. This paper provides an efficient and accurate method for considering human body in indoor propagation, surveillance and medical imaging, and detection of human body by radiometry.