Creating high-quality virtual images from surface reflection data
Themes: Materials, Energy
Proof of principle
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Why?
Creating a wavefield image without reverberations holds the important promise of highly reliable virtual images that can be interpreted with improved reliability. This would reduce the risk of failures in decisions based on such images.
How?
In many applications, acoustic, electromagnetic and/or elastic wavefields are used to create images of an object. This method relies on reflected vibrations, but is compromised by reverberations (reflections of reflections). Marchenko imaging is a method that filters out the reverberations
When?
A new method for 3D classical wavefield imaging has been developed and successfully implemented and tested on computed data. First tests on field data look promising. We are working on making the Marchenko imaging method practically applicable for real world applications.
Lead Researcher