Method and apparatus for performing measurements and monitoring of an object

A measurement and monitoring device comprising:

• at least one leaky feeder;
• at least one electromagnetic transmitter connected to the least one leaky feeder for transmitting a first electromagnetic signal along the least one leaky feeder towards a target object;
• at least one electromagnetic receiver connected to the least one leaky feeder for receiving from the at least one leaky feeder a second electromagnetic signal, the second electromagnetic signal being reflected from the target object when the first electromagnetic signal hits the target object;
• and
• a hardware circuit including:
• a processing unit connected to the at least one electromagnetic transmitter and the at least one electromagnetic receiver and configured to analyze the first electromagnetic signal and the second electromagnetic signal for determining properties of the target object,
• a signal processing module receiving as input the first electromagnetic signal and/or the second electromagnetic signal for generating a spectral information in a frequency and/or a time domain of the first electromagnetic signal and/or the second electromagnetic signal, and
• a storage unit connected to the processing unit.