Advances in directional borehole radar data analysis and visualization

D.V.G. Smith; P.J. Brown II

doi:10.1117/12.462230

Advances in directional borehole radar data analysis and visualization

By: D.V.G. Smith and P.J. Brown II

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462230

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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey is developing a directional borehole radar (DBOR) tool for mapping fractures, lithologic changes, and underground utility and void detection. An important part of the development of the DBOR tool is data analysis and visualization, with the aim of making the software graphical user interface (GUI) intuitive and easy to use. The DBOR software system consists of a suite of signal and image processing routines written in Research Systems' Interactive Data Language (IDL). The software also serves as a front-end to many widely accepted Colorado School of Mines Center for Wave Phenomena (CWP) Seismic UNIX (SU) algorithms (Cohen and Stockwell, 2001). Although the SU collection runs natively in a UNIX environment, our system seamlessly emulates a UNIX session within a widely used PC operating system (MicroSoft Windows) using GNU tools (Noer, 1998). Examples are presented of laboratory data acquired with the prototype tool from two different experimental settings. The first experiment imaged plastic pipes in a macro-scale sand tank. The second experiment monitored the progress of an invasion front resulting from oil injection. Finally, challenges to further development and planned future work are discussed.

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Smith, D., Brown, P., 2002, Advances in directional borehole radar data analysis and visualization, in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 4758, Santa Barbara, CA, 29 April 2002 through 2 May 2002, p. 251-255, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462230.

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Publication type	Conference Paper
Publication Subtype	Conference Paper
Title	Advances in directional borehole radar data analysis and visualization
DOI	10.1117/12.462230
Volume	4758
Year Published	2002
Language	English
Larger Work Title	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
First page	251
Last page	255
Conference Title	9th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar
Conference Location	Santa Barbara, CA
Conference Date	29 April 2002 through 2 May 2002