@article {herrmann2008ACHAsac,
	title = {Sparsity- and continuity-promoting seismic image recovery with curvelet frames},
	journal = {Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis},
	volume = {24},
	number = {2},
	year = {2008},
	month = {03},
	pages = {150-173},
	abstract = {A nonlinear singularity-preserving solution to seismic image recovery with sparseness and continuity constraints is proposed. We observe that curvelets, as a directional frame expansion, lead to sparsity of seismic images and exhibit invariance under the normal operator of the linearized imaging problem. Based on this observation we derive a method for stable recovery of the migration amplitudes from noisy data. The method corrects the amplitudes during a post-processing step after migration, such that the main additional cost is one ap- plication of the normal operator, i.e. a modeling followed by a migration. Asymptotically this normal operator corresponds to a pseudodifferential operator, for which a convenient diagonal approximation in the curvelet domain is derived, including a bound for its error and a method for the estimation of the diagonal from a compound operator consisting of discrete implementations for the scattering operator and its adjoint the migration operator. The solution is formulated as a nonlinear optimization problem where sparsity in the curvelet domain as well as continuity along the imaged reflectors are jointly promoted. To enhance sparsity, the $ell_1$-norm on the curvelet coefficients is minimized, while continuity is promoted by minimizing an anisotropic diffusion norm on the image. The performance of the recovery scheme is evaluated with a time-reversed {\textquoteright}wave-equation{\textquoteright} migration code on synthetic datasets, including the complex SEG/EAGE AA salt model.},
	keywords = {curvelet transform, Imaging, Processing, SLIM},
	doi = {10.1016/j.acha.2007.06.007},
	url = {https://slim.gatech.edu/Publications/Public/Journals/ACHA/2008/herrmann2008ACHAsac/herrmann2008ACHAsac.pdf},
	author = {Felix J. Herrmann and Peyman P. Moghaddam and Christiaan C. Stolk}
}
@conference {moghaddam2007EAGEsar,
	title = {Seismic amplitude recovery with curvelets},
	booktitle = {EAGE Annual Conference Proceedings},
	year = {2007},
	month = {06},
	abstract = {A non-linear singularity-preserving solution to the least-squares seismic imaging problem with sparseness and continuity constraints is proposed. The applied formalism explores curvelets as a directional frame that, by their sparsity on the image, and their invariance under the imaging operators, allows for a stable recovery of the amplitudes. Our method is based on the estimation of the normal operator in the form of an {\textquoteright}eigenvalue{\textquoteright} decompsoition with curvelets as the {\textquoteright}eigenvectors{\textquoteright}. Subsequently, we propose an inversion method that derives from estimation of the normal operator and is formulated as a convex optimization problem. Sparsity in the curvelet domain as well as continuity along the reflectors in the image domain are promoted as part of this optimization. Our method is tested with a reverse-time {\textquoteright}wave-equation{\textquoteright} migration code simulating the acoustic wave equation.},
	keywords = {EAGE, SLIM},
	url = {https://slim.gatech.edu/Publications/Public/Conferences/EAGE/2007/moghaddam07EAGEsar/moghaddam07EAGEsar.pdf},
	url2 = {http://earthdoc.eage.org/publication/publicationdetails/?publication=6935},
	author = {Peyman P. Moghaddam and Felix J. Herrmann and Christiaan C. Stolk}
}
@conference {herrmann2007SEGsdp,
	title = {Seismic data processing with curvelets: a multiscale and nonlinear approach},
	booktitle = {SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts},
	volume = {26},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {2220-2224},
	publisher = {SEG},
	organization = {SEG},
	abstract = {In this abstract, we present a nonlinear curvelet-based sparsity-promoting formulation of a seismic processing flow, consisting of the following steps: seismic data regularization and the restoration of migration amplitudes. We show that the curvelet{\textquoteright}s wavefront detection capability and invariance under the migration-demigration operator lead to a formulation that is stable under noise and missing data. \copyright2007 Society of Exploration Geophysicists},
	keywords = {Presentation, SEG, SLIM},
	doi = {10.1190/1.2792927},
	url = {https://slim.gatech.edu/Publications/Public/Conferences/SEG/2007/herrmann07SEGsdp/herrmann07SEGsdp.pdf},
	presentation = {https://slim.gatech.edu/Publications/Public/Conferences/SEG/2007/herrmann07SEGsdp/herrmann07SEGsdp_pres.pdf},
	author = {Felix J. Herrmann and Deli Wang and Gilles Hennenfent and Peyman P. Moghaddam}
}
@conference {herrmann2007EAGEsia,
	title = {Seismic imaging and processing with curvelets},
	booktitle = {EAGE Annual Conference Proceedings},
	year = {2007},
	month = {06},
	abstract = {In this paper, we present a nonlinear curvelet-based sparsity-promoting formulation for three problems in seismic processing and imaging namely, seismic data regularization from data with large percentages of traces missing; seismic amplitude recovery for sub-salt images obtained by reverse-time migration and primary-multiple separation, given an inaccurate multiple prediction. We argue why these nonlinear formulations are beneficial.},
	keywords = {EAGE, Presentation, SLIM},
	url = {https://slim.gatech.edu/Publications/Public/Conferences/EAGE/2007/herrmann07EAGEsia/herrmann07EAGEsia.pdf},
	presentation = {https://slim.gatech.edu/Publications/Public/Conferences/EAGE/2007/herrmann07EAGEsia/herrmann07EAGEsia_pres.pdf},
	url2 = {http://earthdoc.eage.org/publication/publicationdetails/?publication=7075},
	author = {Felix J. Herrmann and Gilles Hennenfent and Peyman P. Moghaddam}
}
@conference {moghaddam2007CSEGsac,
	title = {Sparsity and continuity enhancing seismic imaging},
	booktitle = {CSEG Annual Conference Proceedings},
	year = {2007},
	month = {05},
	publisher = {CSEG},
	organization = {CSEG},
	abstract = {A non-linear singularity-preserving solution to the least-squares seismic imaging problem with sparseness and continuity constraints is proposed. The applied formalism explores curvelets as a directional frame that, by their sparsity on the image, and their invariance under the imaging operators, allows for a stable recovery of the amplitudes. Our method is based on the estimation of the normal operator in the form of an {\textquoteright}eigenvalue{\textquoteright} decompsoition with curvelets as the eigenvectors{\textquoteright}. Subsequently, we propose an inversion method that derives from estimation of the normal operator and is formulated as a convex optimization problem. Sparsity in the curvelet domain as well as continuity along the reflectors in the image domain are promoted as part of this optimization. Our method is tested with a reverse-time {\textquoteright}wave-equation{\textquoteright} migration code simulating the acoustic wave equation.},
	keywords = {SLIM},
	url = {http://cseg.ca/assets/files/resources/abstracts/2007/091S0130.pdf},
	author = {Peyman P. Moghaddam and Felix J. Herrmann and Christiaan C. Stolk}
}
@conference {moghaddam2006SINBADsac,
	title = {Sparsity- and continuity-promoting norms for seismic images},
	booktitle = {SINBAD 2006},
	year = {2006},
	abstract = {During this presentation, the importance of sparsity and continuity enhancing energy norms is emphasized for seismic imaging and inversion. The continuity promoting energy norm is justified by the apparent smoothness of reflectors in the direction along and the oscillatory behavior across the interfaces. This energy norm is called anisotropic diffusion and will be defined mathematically. Denoising examples will be given during which seismic images are recovered from the noise by a joint norm-one and continuity promoting minimization.},
	keywords = {Presentation, SINBAD, SLIM},
	presentation = {https://slim.gatech.edu/Publications/Public/Conferences/SINBAD/2006/moghaddam2006SINBADsac/moghaddam2006SINBADsac.pdf},
	author = {Peyman P. Moghaddam}
}
