Application of an Improved U-Net Neural Network on Fracture Segmentation from Outcrop Images

Zhibao Wang; Ziming Zhang; Lu Bai; Yuze Yang; Qiang Ma

doi:10.1109/igarss46834.2022.9883208

Application of an Improved U-Net Neural Network on Fracture Segmentation from Outcrop Images

Zhibao Wang, Ziming Zhang, Lu Bai, Yuze Yang, Qiang Ma

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Abstract

Outcrop records contain very rich geological historical information, and the study of fractures in outcrop areas is an important part of geological exploration work. The accurate fracture information can provide useful technical support for the development and exploration of subsurface oil and gas. The outcrop images usually include unclear boundaries, complex structure and inconspicuous features, which make fracture detection from outcrop images a difficult task. To tackle these challenges, an improved U-Net algorithm based on the ResNeXt module is proposed in this paper to segment the fractures from the outcrop images. Experiments are conducted on the outcrop images from Yijianfang area in the Tarim Basin in China, and the results show that the proposed algorithm has improved the accuracy and IoU in fracture segmentation from the outcrop images.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	3512-3515
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-2792-0, 978-1-6654-2791-3
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-2793-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss46834.2022.9883208
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 28 Sept 2022
Event	2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS. - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 17 Jul 2022 → 22 Jul 2022

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ISSN (Print)	2153-6996
ISSN (Electronic)	2153-7003

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Conference	2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS.
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Period	17/07/22 → 22/07/22

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Keywords

Deep learning
outcrop
fracture detection
ResNeXt
U-Net
Image segmentation
Costsw
Geology
Oils
Data integrity
Neural networks
Geoscience and remote sensing

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Wang, Z, Zhang, Z, Bai, L, Yang, Y & Ma, Q 2022, Application of an Improved U-Net Neural Network on Fracture Segmentation from Outcrop Images. in IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, pp. 3512-3515, 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17/07/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss46834.2022.9883208

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Application of an Improved U-Net Neural Network on Fracture Segmentation from Outcrop Images

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