Curvelet reconstruction of non-uniformly sampled seismic data using the linearized Bregman method

Seismic data reconstruction, as a preconditioning process, is critical to the performance of subsequent data and imaging processing tasks. Often, seismic data are sparsely and non-uniformly sampled due to limitations of economic costs and field conditions. However, most reconstruction processing algorithms are designed for the ideal case of uniformly sampled data. In this paper, we propose the non-equispaced fast discrete curvelet transform-based three-dimensional reconstruction method that can handle and interpolate non-uniformly sampled data effectively along two spatial coordinates. In the procedure, the three-dimensional seismic data sets are organized in a sequence of two-dimensional time slices along the source–receiver domain. By introducing the two-dimensional non-equispaced fast Fourier transform in the conventional fast discrete curvelet transform, we formulate an L1 sparsity regularized problem to invert for the uniformly sampled curvelet coefficients from the non-uniformly sampled data. In order to improve the inversion algorithm efficiency, we employ the linearized Bregman method to solve the L1-norm minimization problem. Once the uniform curvelet coefficients are obtained, uniformly sampled three-dimensional seismic data can be reconstructed via the conventional inverse curvelet transform. The reconstructed results using both synthetic and real data demonstrate that the proposed method can reconstruct not only non-uniformly sampled and aliased data with missing traces, but also the subset of observed data on a non-uniform grid to a specified uniform grid along two spatial coordinates. Also, the results show that the simple linearized Bregman method is superior to the complex spectral projected gradient for L1 norm method in terms of reconstruction accuracy.     

基于非均匀曲波变换的高精度地震数据重建

在野外数据采集过程中,空间非均匀采样下的地震道缺失现象经常出现,为了不影响后续资料处理,必须进行高精度数据重建.然而大多数常规方法只能对空间均匀采样下的地震缺失道进行重建,而对于非均匀采样的地震数据则无能为力.为此本文在以往多尺度多方向二维曲波变换的基础上,首先引入非均匀快速傅里叶变换,建立均匀曲波系数与空间非均匀采样下地震缺失道数据之间的规则化反演算子,在L1最小范数约束下,使用线性Bregman方法进行反演计算得到均匀曲波系数,最后再进行均匀快速离散曲波反变换,从而形成基于非均匀曲波变换的高精度地震数据重建方法.该方法不仅可以重建非均匀带假频的缺失数据,而且具有较强的抗噪声能力,同时也可以将非均匀网格数据归为到任意指定的均匀采样网格.理论与实际数据的处理表明了该方法重建效果远优于非均匀傅里叶变换方法,可以有效地指导复杂地区数据采集设计及重建.     

A seismic interpolation and denoising method with curvelet transform matching filter

A new seismic interpolation and denoising method with a curvelet transform matching filter, employing the fast iterative shrinkage thresholding algorithm (FISTA), is proposed. The approach treats the matching filter, seismic interpolation, and denoising all as the same inverse problem using an inversion iteration algorithm. The curvelet transform has a high sparseness and is useful for separating signal from noise, meaning that it can accurately solve the matching problem using FISTA. When applying the new method to a synthetic noisy data sets and a data sets with missing traces, the optimum matching result is obtained, noise is greatly suppressed, missing seismic data are filled by interpolation, and the waveform is highly consistent. We then verified the method by applying it to real data, yielding satisfactory results. The results show that the method can reconstruct missing traces in the case of low SNR (signal-to-noise ratio). The above three problems can be simultaneously solved via FISTA algorithm, and it will not only increase the processing efficiency but also improve SNR of the seismic data.     

曲波域不规则地震数据提高分辨率技术研究

受野外观测条件的限制,采集的地震数据体通常不规则,并缺失一部分数据道。传统的单道提高分辨率方法无法兼顾横向地震信息,处理结果存在空间一致性问题。为此,本文提出在曲波域内进行不规则地震数据,通过曲波变换实现对地震数据的稀疏表征,将提高分辨率问题转化为曲波域1-范数约束的稀疏促进求解,得到规则化的高分辨率地震数据体。该方法避免传统单道提高分辨率方法存在的局限性,在提高分辨率的同时,能够恢复缺失的地震数据、压制随机噪声,进而提高地震数据的完备性,模型和实际资料试算,验证了该方法的正确性、有效性和适用性。      

地震数据Bregman整形迭代插值方法

人工地震方法由于受到野外观测系统和经济因素等的限制,采集的数据在空间方向总是不规则分布.但是,许多地震数据处理技术的应用（如：多次波衰减,偏移和时移地震）都基于空间规则分布条件下的地震数据体.因此,数据插值技术是地震数据处理流程中关键环节之一.失败的插值方法往往会引入虚假信息,给后续处理环节带来严重的影响.迭代插值方法是目前广泛应用的地震数据重建思路,但是常规的迭代插值方法往往很难保证插值精度,并且迭代收敛速度较慢,尤其存在随机噪声的情况下,插值地震道与原始地震道之间存在较大的信噪比差异.因此开发快速的、有效的迭代数据插值方法具有重要的工业价值.本文将地震数据插值归纳为数学基追踪问题,在压缩感知理论框架下,提出新的非线性Bregman整形迭代算法来求解约束最小化问题,同时在迭代过程中提出两种匹配的迭代控制准则,通过有效的稀疏变换对缺失数据进行重建.通过理论模型和实际数据测试本文方法,并且与常规迭代插值算法进行比较,结果表明Bregman整形迭代插值方法能够更加有效地恢复含有随机噪声的缺失地震信息.     

加权抛物Radon变换叠前地震数据重建

基于部分动校正（NMO）后反射同相轴在CMP道集上的抛物线走时近似，给出了加权抛物Radon变换叠前地震数据重建方法（WPRT）. WPRT通过在迭代过程中引入变化着的权系数，拓展和改进了传统抛物Radon变换方法，使其可同时完成不规则采样的规则化和空道及近偏移距道重建，且有更高的计算效率. 文中给出了应用WPRT进行近偏移距和中偏移距的空地震道重建及数据规则化的算法实现. 理论模型和实际地震资料的地震数据重建结果显示了本文算法的优点.     

Non‐convex compressed sensing with frequency mask for seismic data reconstruction and denoising

Compressed Sensing has recently proved itself as a successful tool to help address the challenges of acquisition and processing seismic data sets. Compressed sensing shows that the information contained in sparse signals can be recovered accurately from a small number of linear measurements using a sparsity‐promoting regularization. This paper investigates two aspects of compressed sensing in seismic exploration: (i) using a general non‐convex regularizer instead of the conventional one‐norm minimization for sparsity promotion and (ii) using a frequency mask to additionally subsample the acquired traces in the frequency‐space () domain. The proposed non‐convex regularizer has better sparse recovery performance compared with one‐norm minimization and the additional frequency mask allows us to incorporate a priori information about the events contained in the wavefields into the reconstruction. For example, (i) seismic data are band‐limited; therefore one can use only a partial set of frequency coefficients in the range of reflections band, where the signal‐to‐noise ratio is high and spatial aliasing is low, to reconstruct the original wavefield, and (ii) low‐frequency characteristics of the coherent ground rolls allow direct elimination of them during reconstruction by disregarding the corresponding frequency coefficients (usually bellow 10 Hz) via a frequency mask. The results of this paper show that some challenges of reconstruction and denoising in seismic exploration can be addressed under a unified formulation. It is illustrated numerically that the compressed sensing performance for seismic data interpolation is improved significantly when an additional coherent subsampling is performed in the domain compared with the domain case. Numerical experiments from both simulated and real field data are included to illustrate the effectiveness of the presented method.     

基于Bregman迭代的复杂地震波场稀疏域插值方法

在地震勘探中,野外施工条件等因素使观测系统很难记录到完整的地震波场,因此,资料处理中的地震数据插值是一个重要的问题。尤其在复杂构造条件下,缺失的叠前地震数据给后续高精度处理带来严重的影响。压缩感知理论源于解决图像采集问题,主要包含信号的稀疏表征以及数学组合优化问题的求解,它为地震数据插值问题的求解提供了有效的解决方案。在应用压缩感知求解复杂地震波场的插值问题中,如何最佳化表征复杂地震波场以及快速准确的迭代算法是该理论应用的关键问题。Seislet变换是一个特殊针对地震波场表征的稀疏多尺度变换,该方法能有效地压缩地震波同相轴。同时,Bregman迭代算法在以稀疏表征为核心的压缩感知理论中,是一种有效的求解算法,通过选取适当的阈值参数,能够开发地震波动力学预测理论、图像处理变换方法和压缩感知反演算法相结合的地震数据插值方法。本文将地震数据插值问题纳入约束最优化问题,选取能够有效压缩复杂地震波场的OC-seislet稀疏变换,应用Bregman迭代方法求解压缩感知理论框架下的混合范数反问题,提出了Bregman迭代方法中固定阈值选取的H曲线方法,实现地震波场的快速、准确重建。理论模型和实际数据的处理结果验证了基于H曲线准则的Bregman迭代稀疏域插值方法可以有效地恢复复杂波场的缺失信息。     

Time-frequency analysis based on curvelet transforms with time skewing

Oil and gas exploration gradually changes to the deep and complex areas. The quality of seismic data restricts the effective application of conventional time-frequency analysis technology, especially in the case of low signal-to-noise ratio. To address this problem, we propose a curvelet-based time-frequency analysis method, which is suitable for seismic data, and takes into account the lateral variation of seismic data. We first construct a kind of curvelet adapted to seismic data. By adjusting the rotation mode of the curvelet in the form of time skewing, the scale parameter can be directly related to the frequency of the seismic data. Therefore, the curvelet coefficients at different scales can reflect the time-frequency information of the seismic data. Then, the curvelet coefficients, which represent the dominant azimuthal pattern, are converted to the time-frequency domain. Since the curvelet transform is a kind of sparse representation for the signal, the screening process of the dominant coefficient masks most of the random noise, which enables the method to adapt for the low signal-to-noise ratio data. Results of synthetic and field data experiments using the proposed method demonstrate that it is a good approach to identify weak signals from strong noise in the time-frequency domain.     

基于压缩感知的Curvelet域联合迭代地震数据重建

由于野外采集环境的限制,常常无法采集得到完整规则的野外地震数据,为了后续地震处理、解释工作的顺利进行,地震数据重建工作被广泛的研究.自压缩感知理论的提出,相继出现了基于该理论的多种迭代阈值方法,如CRSI方法（Curvelet Recovery by Sparsity-promoting Inversion method）、Bregman迭代阈值算法（the linearized Bregman method）等.CSRI方法利用地震波形在Curvelet的稀疏特性,通过一种基于最速下降的迭代算法在Curvelet变换域恢复出高信噪比地震数据,该迭代算法稳定,收敛,但其收敛速度慢.Bregman迭代阈值法与CRSI最大区别在于每次迭代时把上一次恢复结果中的阈值前所有能量都保留到本次恢复结果中,从而加快了收敛速度,但随着迭代的进行重构数据中噪声干扰越来越严重,导致最终恢复出的数据信噪比低.综合两种经典方法的优缺点,本文构造了一种新的联合迭代算法框架,在每次迭代中将CRSI和Bregman的恢复量加权并同时加回本次迭代结果中,从而加快了迭代初期的收敛速度,又避免了迭代后期噪声干扰的影响.合成数据和实际数据试算结果表明,我们提出的新方法不仅迭代快速收敛稳定,且能得到高信噪比的重建结果.     

Seismic data interpolation using frequency‐domain complex nonstationary autoregression

We have developed a novel method for missing seismic data interpolation using f‐x‐domain regularised nonstationary autoregression. f‐x regularised nonstationary autoregression interpolation can deal with the events that have space‐varying dips. We assume that the coefficients of f‐x regularised nonstationary autoregression are smoothly varying along the space axis. This method includes two steps: the estimation of the coefficients and the interpolation of missing traces using estimated coefficients. We estimate the f‐x regularised nonstationary autoregression coefficients for the completed data using weighted nonstationary autoregression equations with smoothing constraints. For regularly missing data, similar to Spitz f‐x interpolation, we use autoregression coefficients estimated from low‐frequency components without aliasing to obtain autoregression coefficients of high‐frequency components with aliasing. For irregularly missing or gapped data, we use known traces to establish nonstationary autoregression equations with regularisation to estimate the f‐x autoregression coefficients of the complete data. We implement the algorithm by iterated scheme using a frequency‐domain conjugate gradient method with shaping regularisation. The proposed method improves the calculation efficiency by applying shaping regularisation and implementation in the frequency domain. The applicability and effectiveness of the proposed method are examined by synthetic and field data examples.     

基于jitter采样和曲波变换的三维地震数据重建

传统的地震勘探数据采样必须遵循奈奎斯特采样定理,而野外数据采样可能由于地震道缺失或者勘探成本限制,不一定满足采样定理要求,因此存在数据重建问题.本文基于压缩感知理论,利用随机欠采样方法将传统规则欠采样所带来的互相干假频转化成较低幅度的不相干噪声,从而将数据重建问题转为更简单的去噪问题.在数据重建过程中引入凸集投影算法(POCS),提出采用e^-√x(0≤x≤1)衰减规律的阈值参数,构建基于曲波变换三维地震数据重建技术.同时针对随机采样的不足,引入jitter采样方式,在保持随机采样优点的同时控制采样间隔.数值试验表明,基于曲波变换的重建效果优于傅里叶变换,jitter欠采样的重建效果优于随机欠采样,最后将该技术应用于实际地震勘探资料,获得较好的应用效果.     

基于POCS方法指数阈值模型的不规则地震数据重建(英文)

不规则地震数据会对地震多道处理技术的正确运行造成不良影响,降低地震资料的处理质量。本文将广泛用于图形图像重建的凸集投影方法应用到地震数据重建领域,实现规则样不规则道缺失数据的插值重建。对于整道缺失地震数据,将POCS迭代重建过程由时间域转移到频率域实现,避免每次迭代都对时间做正反Fourier变换,节约了计算量。在迭代过程中,阈值参数的选择方式对重建效率有重要影响。本文设计了两种阈值集合模型进行重建试验,试验结果表明:在相同重建效果下,指数型阈值集合模型可以有效减少迭代次数,提高重建效率。此外,分析了POCS重建方法的抗噪性能和抗假频性能。最后,理论模型和实际资料处理效果验证了本文重建方法的正确性和有效性。     

半径-斜率域加权反假频地震数据重建

为减小地震数据缺失给地震后续处理工作带来的影响,需要对地震数据进行插值重建.针对反假频插值重建这个难点问题,进行了相关研究,并由此提出了一种改进的R-P（半径-斜率）域加权反假频地震数据插值重建方法.该方法将F-K（频率-波数）谱变换到R-P域,在R-P域设计一个权函数并将其作用于每次的迭代插值过程.通过模型数据和实际数据的测试,证明了该方法具有较好的反假频插值重建能力.     

基于曲波变换的大地电磁二维稀疏正则化反演

为了提高二维大地电磁反演对异常体边界的刻画能力,我们引入曲波变换建立一种新的稀疏正则化反演方法.与传统的在空间域中对模型电阻率参数求解的方式不同,我们借助曲波变换将二维电阻率模型转换为曲波系数,并采用L1范数约束以保证系数的稀疏性.曲波变换是一种多尺度分析方法,其系数分为粗尺度系数和精细尺度系数,粗尺度的系数代表电阻率模型的整体概貌,而精细尺度中较大系数代表目标体的边缘细节.此外,曲波变换的窗函数满足各向异性尺度关系,并具有多方向性,因此曲波变换可以近似最佳地提取目标体的边缘特征信息,这为我们在反演中恢复边界提供有利条件.通过对大地电磁的理论模型合成数据和实测数据反演,验证了基于曲波变换稀疏正则化反演对异常体边界的刻画能力优于常规的L2范数和L1范数反演方法.     

3D simultaneous seismic data reconstruction and noise suppression based on the curvelet transform

Seismic data contain random noise interference and are affected by irregular subsampling. Presently, most of the data reconstruction methods are carried out separately from noise suppression. Moreover, most data reconstruction methods are not ideal for noisy data. In this paper, we choose the multiscale and multidirectional 2D curvelet transform to perform simultaneous data reconstruction and noise suppression of 3D seismic data. We introduce the POCS algorithm, the exponentially decreasing square root threshold, and soft threshold operator to interpolate the data at each time slice. A weighing strategy was introduced to reduce the reconstructed data noise. A 3D simultaneous data reconstruction and noise suppression method based on the curvelet transform was proposed. When compared with data reconstruction followed by denoizing and the Fourier transform, the proposed method is more robust and effective. The proposed method has important implications for data acquisition in complex areas and reconstructing missing traces.     

Seismic data interpolation using generalised velocity‐dependent seislet transform

Data interpolation is an important step for seismic data analysis because many processing tasks, such as multiple attenuation and migration, are based on regularly sampled seismic data. Failed interpolations may introduce artifacts and eventually lead to inaccurate final processing results. In this paper, we generalised seismic data interpolation as a basis pursuit problem and proposed an iteration framework for recovering missing data. The method is based on non‐linear iteration and sparse transform. A modified Bregman iteration is used for solving the constrained minimisation problem based on compressed sensing. The new iterative strategy guarantees fast convergence by using a fixed threshold value. We also propose a generalised velocity‐dependent formulation of the seislet transform as an effective sparse transform, in which the non‐hyperbolic normal moveout equation serves as a bridge between local slope patterns and moveout parametres in the common‐midpoint domain. It can also be reduced to the traditional velocity‐dependent seislet if special heterogeneity parametre is selected. The generalised velocity‐dependent seislet transform predicts prestack reflection data in offset coordinates, which provides a high compression of reflection events. The method was applied to synthetic and field data examples, and the results show that the generalised velocity‐dependent seislet transform can reconstruct missing data with the help of the modified Bregman iteration even for non‐hyperbolic reflections under complex conditions, such as vertical transverse isotropic (VTI) media or aliasing.     

Reconstruction of the near‐offset gap in marine seismic data using seismic interferometric interpolation

In conventional seismic exploration, especially in marine seismic exploration, shot gathers with missing near‐offset traces are common. Interferometric interpolation methods are one of a range of different methods that have been developed to solve this problem. Interferometric interpolation methods differ from conventional interpolation methods as they utilise information from multiples in the interpolation process. In this study, we apply both conventional interferometric interpolation (shot domain) and multi‐domain interferometric interpolation (shot and receiver domain) to a synthetic and a real‐towed marine dataset from the Baltic Sea with the primary aim of improving the image of the seabed by extrapolation of a near‐offset gap. We utilise a matching filter after interferometric interpolation to partially mitigate artefacts and coherent noise associated with the far‐field approximation and a limited recording aperture size. The results show that an improved image of the seabed is obtained after performing interferometric interpolation. In most cases, the results from multi‐domain interferometric interpolation are similar to those from conventional interferometric interpolation. However, when the source–receiver aperture is limited, the multi‐domain method performs better. A quantitative analysis for assessing the performance of interferometric interpolation shows that multi‐domain interferometric interpolation typically performs better than conventional interferometric interpolation. We also benchmark the interpolated results generated by interferometric interpolation against those obtained using sparse recovery interpolation.     

2D地震数据规则化中随机稀疏采样方案

地震数据规则化是地震信号处理中一个重要步骤,近年来受到广泛关注的压缩感知技术已经被应用到地震数据规则化中。压缩感知技术突破了传统的Shannon-Nyqiust采样定理的限制,可以用采集的少量地震数据重构完整数据。基于压缩感知技术的地震数据规则化质量主要受三个因素影响,除了受地震信号在不同变换域的稀疏表达和11范数重构算法的影响外,极大地取决于地震道随机稀疏采样方式。尽管已有学者开展了2D地震数据离散均匀分布随机采样方式研究,但设计新的稀疏采样方案仍然很有必要。在本文中,我们提出满足Bernoulli分布规律的Bernoulli随机稀疏采样方式和它的抖动形式。对2D数值模拟数据进行四种随机稀疏采样方案和两种变换（Fourier变换和Curvelet变换）实验,对获取的不完整数据应用11范数谱投影梯度算法（SPGL1）进行重构。考虑到不同随机种子点产生不同约束矩阵R会有不同的规则化质量,对每种方案和每个稀疏采样因子进行10次规则化实验,并计算出相应信噪比（SNR）的平均值和标准偏差。实验结果表明,我们提出的新方案好于或等于已有的离散均匀分布采样方案。     

Seismic data reconstruction using a sparsity-promoting apex shifted hyperbolic Radon-curvelet transform

Apex shift hyperbolic Radon transform (ASHRT) is an extension of hyperbolic Radon transform (HRT). We have developed a novel sparsity-promoting framework for ASHRT by employing curvelet transform (CT) in the sparse inversion. RT-based seismic data processing can be considered as an optimization problem and a mixed norms inversion, therefore, objective function with CT can promote the sparsity of the transformed domain, which makes the sparse inversion more efficient. Compared with the conventional sparse inversion of ASHRT, the proposed method weights the sparse penalization, which indicates a sparser solution of ASHRT. We use synthetic and field data examples to demonstrate the performance of ASHRT. Compared to the conventional solution, the ours may lead to more accurately reconstructed results and have a better noise immunity.