A comparison between the Born and Rytov approximations for the inverse backscattering problem

We compare the Born and Rytov approximations in solving the inverse acoustic backscattering problem, i.e., determining medium properties from reflections. For the one‐dimensional problem, we show that the Rytov approximation is generally better than the Born approximation in predicting sound speed changes, while both methods have the same error in determining the positions of reflectors. This is shown analytically for simple models and numerically for more general models. The performance of the Rytov approximation is degraded when low‐velocity regions are present in the medium being probed. The accuracy of the inversion depends on the manner in which the sound speed perturbation is linearized. The location of the receiver affects the accuracy of the inversion, and, in the case of the Rytov approximation, best results are obtained when the receiver is at the interface between the known and unknown regions. Furthermore, the Rytov method is less sensitive to the choice of reference sound speed used in the in...

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