Segmentation of a seismic section using image processing and artificial intelligence techniques

摘要

Methods for segmenting stacked seismic data into zones of common signal character based on texture analysis are described. Their performance is demonstrated on a line of seismic data from the Gulf of Mexico that had been manually segmented. Two segmentation methods are described. The first is a template matching scheme that matches previously selected data templates with a block of pixels. The second uses statistics determined by examining the run-length of seismic reflection events. The run-length method is extended, through a decision process called the RESOLVER, to incorporate heuristic rules to influence the segmentation. A comparison is made between the automatic segmentations of the section and a manual interpretation.