Andrea Valsecchi
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Stochastic 3D Rock Reconstruction Using GANs
Sergio Damas, Andrea Valsecchi
Auto-TLDR; Generative Adversarial Neural Networks for 3D-to-3D Reconstruction of Porous Media
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The study of the physical properties of porous media is crucial for petrophysics laboratories. Even though micro computed tomography (CT) could be useful, the appropriate evaluation of flow properties would involve the acquisition of a large number of representative images. That is often unfeasible. Stochastic reconstruction methods aim to generate novel, realistic rock images from a small sample, thus avoiding a large acquisition process. In this contribution, we improve a previous method for 3D-to-3D reconstruction of the structure of porous media by applying generative adversarial neural networks (GANs). We compare several measures of pore morphology between simulated and acquired images. Experiments include Beadpack, Berea sandstone, and Ketton limestone images. Results show that our GANs-based method can reconstruct three-dimensional images of porous media at different scales that are representative of the morphology of the original images. Furthermore, the generation of multiple images is much faster than classical image reconstruction methods.