| 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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| Citation Author: | Smith, D. V. G.; Brown, II, P. J. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Advances in directional borehole radar data analysis and visualization; 2002; Conference Paper; Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Smith, D. V. G.; Brown, II, P. J. |
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| Text: | Advances in directional borehole radar data analysis and visualization; 2002; Conference Paper; Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Smith, D. V. G.; Brown, II, P. J. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.462230 |
| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 2002 00:00 -0600 |
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