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We propose a method based on the Poynting vector that combines angle-domain imaging and image amplitude correction to overcome the shortcomings of reverse-time migration that cannot handle different angles during wave propagation. First, the local image matrix (LIM) and local illumination matrix are constructed, and the wavefield propagation directions are decomposed. The angle-domain imaging conditions are established in the local imaging matrix to remove low-wavenumber artifacts. Next, the angle-domain common image gathers are extracted and the dip angle is calculated, and the amplitude-corrected factors in the dip angle domain are calculated. The partial images are corrected by factors corresponding to the different angles and then are superimposed to perform the amplitude correction of the final image. Angle-domain imaging based on the Poynting vector improves the computation efficiency compared with local plane-wave decomposition. Finally, numerical simulations based on the SEG/EAGE velocity model are used to validate the proposed method.
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This research is sponsored by the Natural Science Fund of Heilongjiang Province (No. F201404).
Liu Ji-Cheng, Ph.D., Professor at the School of Electric and Automation Engineering, Changshu Institute of Technology. His interests are non-stationary signal analysis, seismic imaging, and illumination analysis.
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Liu, JC., Xie, XB. & Chen, B. Reverse-time migration and amplitude correction in the angle-domain based on Poynting vector. Appl. Geophys. 14, 505–516 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11770-017-0648-3
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