Software that automatically recognizes surfaces within complex three-dimensional images can benefit petroleum extraction
Monday, October 17, 2016 - 06:31
in Earth & Climate
The deep cracking faults that lie within the Earth's crust are significant geologic surfaces for oil exploration and earthquake prediction. A team from KAUST developed an algorithm that smoothly detects faults and other three-dimensional (3-D) surfaces with high computational efficiency even amid noisy and cluttered data sets.