Solution of the three-dimensional acoustic inverse scattering problem. The modified Novikov algorithm

For the first time, three-dimensional model scatterers of various strengths and size are numerically reconstructed on the basis of the monochromatic functional-analytical Novikov algorithm. The algorithm allows for the multiple scattering processes and does not impose stringent constraints on the scatterer strength. The resulting scatterer estimate approaches the true value after the width of the scatterer’s spatial spectrum is restricted to a region with a radius of about 2k0. The noise robustness of the algorithm, i.e., the robustness to random errors in experimental data, is sufficiently high for diagnostic applications. However, the amount of numerical operations required by the algorithm is great.