Seismic Impedance Inversion Using Fully Convolutional Residual Network and Transfer Learning

In this letter, we use a fully convolutional residual network (FCRN) for seismic impedance inversion. After training with appropriate data, the FCRN can effectively predict impedance with high accuracy, and have good robustness against noise and phase difference. However, it cannot give acceptable results in training and predicting models with different geological features. Transfer learning is later introduced to ease this problem. Marmousi2 and Overthrust models are used to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. Tests show that after fine-tuned by five traces of Overthrust model, the FCRN trained on the Marmousi2 model can give a comparable result similarly predicted by the FCRN trained purely on the Overthrust model.