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We propose a novel deep learning framework for predicting permeability of porous media from their digital images. Unlike convolutional neural networks, instead of feeding the whole image volume as inputs to the network, we model the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-13 Ali Kashefi , Tapan Mukerji

The objective of this work is to study the applicability of various Machine Learning algorithms for prediction of some rock properties which geoscientists usually define due to special lab analysis. We demonstrate that these special…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-02-19 Andrei Erofeev , Denis Orlov , Alexey Ryzhov , Dmitry Koroteev

In recent years, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have experienced an increasing interest in their ability to perform a fast approximation of effective hydrodynamic parameters in porous media research and applications. This paper…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-14 Stephan Gärttner , Faruk O. Alpak , Andreas Meier , Nadja Ray , Florian Frank

Permeability characterizes the capacity of porous formations to conduct fluids, thereby governing the performance of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), hydrocarbon extraction, and subsurface energy storage. A reliable…

Automated rock classification from mineral composition presents a significant challenge in geological applications, with critical implications for material recycling, resource management, and industrial processing. While existing methods…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-10-17 Iye Szin Ang , Martin Johannes Findl , Elisabeth Hauzinger , Klaus Philipp Sedlazeck , Jyrki Savolainen , Ronald Bakker , Robert Galler , Elmar Rueckert

In digital rock physics, analysing microstructures from CT and SEM scans is crucial for estimating properties like porosity and pore connectivity. Traditional segmentation methods like thresholding and CNNs often fall short in accurately…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-13 Zhaoyang Ma , Xupeng He , Hyung Kwak , Jun Gao , Shuyu Sun , Bicheng Yan

Permeability is a central concept in the macroscopic description of flow through porous media, with applications spanning from oil recovery to hydrology. Traditional methods for determining the permeability tensor involving flow simulations…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-02 Sigurd Vargdal , Paula Reis , Henrik Andersen Sveinsson , Gaute Linga

Micro-CT scanning of rocks significantly enhances our understanding of pore-scale physics in porous media. With advancements in pore-scale simulation methods, such as pore network models, it is now possible to accurately simulate multiphase…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-19 Zihan Ren , Sanjay Srinivasan

Fast prediction of permeability directly from images enabled by image recognition neural networks is a novel pore-scale modeling method that has a great potential. This article presents a framework that includes (1) generation of porous…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-09-11 Jin-Long Wu , Xiao-Long Yin , Heng Xiao

In this paper, we consider a numerical homogenization of the poroelasticity problem with stochastic properties. The proposed method based on the construction of the deep neural network (DNN) for fast calculation of the effective properties…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-04 Maria Vasilyeva , Aleksey Tyrylgin

This study presents a Graph Neural Networks (GNNs)-based approach for predicting the effective elastic moduli of rocks from their digital CT-scan images. We use the Mapper algorithm to transform 3D digital rock images into graph datasets,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-04 Jaehong Chung , Rasool Ahmad , WaiChing Sun , Wei Cai , Tapan Mukerji

This article provides an overview of the current state of digital rock technology, with emphasis on industrial applications. We show how imaging and image analysis can be applied for rock typing and modeling of end-point saturations.…

Geophysics · Physics 2020-05-07 Carl Fredrik Berg , Olivier Lopez , Håvard Berland

Geologic cores are rock samples that are extracted from deep under the ground during the well drilling process. They are used for petroleum reservoirs' performance characterization. Traditionally, physical studies of cores are carried out…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-29 Zangir Iklassov , Dmitrii Medvedev , Otabek Nazarov , Shakhboz Razzokov

We develop and test new machine learning strategies for accelerating molecular crystal structure ranking and crystal property prediction using tools from geometric deep learning on molecular graphs. Leveraging developments in graph-based…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-07-29 Michael Kilgour , Jutta Rogal , Mark Tuckerman

Machine learning (ML) is becoming increasingly popular for predicting material properties to accelerate materials discovery. Because material properties are strongly affected by its crystal structure, a key issue is converting the crystal…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-10-12 Hirofumi Tsuruta , Yukari Katsura , Masaya Kumagai

We study the feasibility of data based machine learning applied to ultrasound tomography to estimate water-saturated porous material parameters. In this work, the data to train the neural networks is simulated by solving wave propagation in…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-02-27 Timo Lähivaara , Leo Kärkkäinen , Janne M. J. Huttunen , Jan S. Hesthaven

Deep subsurface exploration is important for mining, oil and gas industries, as well as in the assessment of geological units for the disposal of chemical or nuclear waste, or the viability of geothermal energy systems. Typically, detailed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-28 Romana Boiger , Sergey V. Churakov , Ignacio Ballester Llagaria , Georg Kosakowski , Raphael Wüst , Nikolaos I. Prasianakis

Deep neural networks are increasingly being used for the analysis of medical images. However, most works neglect the uncertainty in the model's prediction. We propose an uncertainty-aware deep kernel learning model which permits the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-11 Zhiliang Wu , Yinchong Yang , Jindong Gu , Volker Tresp

Segmentation of 3D micro-Computed Tomographic uCT) images of rock samples is essential for further Digital Rock Physics (DRP) analysis, however, conventional methods such as thresholding, watershed segmentation, and converging active…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-18 Ying Da Wang , Mehdi Shabaninejad , Ryan T. Armstrong , Peyman Mostaghimi

We propose a predictive neural network architecture that can be utilized to update reference velocity models as inputs to the full waveform inversion. Deep learning models are explored to augment velocity model building workflows during…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-08 Ping Lu , Yanyan Zhang , Jianxiong Chen , Yuan Xiao , George Zhao
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