Image processing based approach for retrieving data from a seismic section in bitmap format

A new method for retrieving seismic data from a seismic section provided in a bitmap format is described. The method is based on image processing techniques and includes creating a grey level image of a seismic section, processing the grey level image (by integration, filtering, etc.) and then reconstructing digitized values of individual seismic traces from the resulting image, thus ending with the data in standard SEG-Y format. © 2010 IEEE.