Patent ID: 7092824
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G01V,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for investigating an image set of geophysical data distributed over a first N-dimensional volume where N≧2 using a computer system that includes an input device, a processor, and a display device, the method comprising: receiving, with the input device, the image set of geophysical data and a target set of geophysical data distributed over a second N-dimensional volume; selecting, with the processor, a subvolume of the target set of geophysical data, the subvolume enclosing a known feature of interest; at each of a plurality of positions within the first N-dimensional volume, calculating, with the processor, a cross-correlation between the data distributed within the subvolume and corresponding data distributed in the first N-dimensional volume about the each of the plurality of positions; and displaying for a user on the display device a distribution of results of calculating the cross-correlation throughout the first N-dimensional volume.