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Standard edge detection

Standard edge detection, such as the gradient magnitude or the Laplace operator, amplifies image regions of large local amplitude change and suppresses regions of constant amplitude. This chapter will demonstrate that standard amplitude edge detection unfortunately does not distinguish between rapid amplitude changes due to layers within a sedimentary package and amplitude changes due to package boundaries, such as faults. Consequently, standard edge enhancement techniques fail to delineate seismic image discontinuities among sedimentary layers.



 
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Stanford Exploration Project
3/8/1999