Time-lapse image registration using the local similarity attribute
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- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Society of Exploration Geophysicists in Geophysics
- Vol. 74 (2) , A7-A11
Abstract
We present a method to register time-lapse seismic images based on the local-similarity attribute. We define registration as an automatic point-by-point alignment of time-lapse images. Stretching and squeezing a monitor image and computing its local similarity to the base image allows us to detect an optimal registration even in the presence of significant velocity changes in the overburden. A by-product of this process is an estimate of the ratio of the interval seismic velocities in the reservoir interval. We illustrate the proposed method and demonstrate its effectiveness using both synthetic experiments and real data from a time-lapse experiment in the Duri field, Indonesia.Keywords
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