Title | Encoder–Decoder Architecture for 3D Seismic Inversion |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2022 |
Authors | Gelboim M, Adler A, Sun Y, Araya-Polo M |
Journal | Sensors |
Volume | 23 |
Issue | 1 |
Start Page | 61 |
Date Published | 12/2022 |
Abstract | Inverting seismic data to build 3D geological structures is a challenging task due to the overwhelming amount of acquired seismic data, and the very-high computational load due to iterative numerical solutions of the wave equation, as required by industry-standard tools such as Full Waveform Inversion (FWI). For example, in an area with surface dimensions of 4.5 km × 4.5 km, hundreds of seismic shot-gather cubes are required for 3D model reconstruction, leading to Terabytes of recorded data. This paper presents a deep learning solution for the reconstruction of realistic 3D models in the presence of field noise recorded in seismic surveys. We implement and analyze a convolutional encoder–decoder architecture that efficiently processes the entire collection of hundreds of seismic shot-gather cubes. The proposed solution demonstrates that realistic 3D models can be reconstructed with a structural similarity index measure (SSIM) of 0.9143 (out of 1.0) in the presence of field noise at 10 dB signal-to-noise ratio. |
URL | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/1/61/htm |
DOI | 10.3390/s23010061 |