bh_tomo

bh_tomo is an open source borehole georadar/seismic data processing and ray-based 2D and 3D tomography software package.

Installation

Copy the files in the bh_tomo directory somewhere in your MATLABPATH or add the bh_tomo directory to your MATLABPATH.

Compatibility

This version requires Matlab 2015b and onward.

MEX files

You might need to compile mex files if not already available for your platform. To do so, follow the steps:

cd /path/to/bh_tomo/mex_src    ( where the source code is )
mex -O -largeArrayDims Lsr2d.c
mex -O -largeArrayDims Lsr3d.c
mex -O -largeArrayDims Lsr2da.c
mex -O -largeArrayDims grid2d_mex.cpp
mex -O -largeArrayDims grid3d_mex.cpp
mex -O -largeArrayDims read_segy_b_header.c
mex -O -largeArrayDims read_segy_tr_headers.c
mex -O -largeArrayDims read_segy_data.c
mv *.mex* ../bh_tomo   % (to put the mex files in the main directory of bh_tomo)

Invocation of the command mex can be performed in matlab, at the command prompt.

Important: you need a compiler that supports the C++11 standard to compile most of the mex functions. This has to be enabled in your mex setup.

Documentation

Watch for manual_bh_tomo.pdf to learn how to use it and look at the following papers to understand the underlying theory:

• Giroux, B., Gloaguen E. and Chouteau M., 2007. bh_tomo - A Matlab borehole georadar 2D tomography package. Computers and Geosciences, 33, 126--137. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2006.05.014

• Giroux, B., Bouchedda, A. et Chouteau, M., 2009. Assisted traveltime picking of crosshole GPR data, Geophysics, 74 (4), J35-J48. doi : 10.1190/1.3141002

• Giroux, B. et Chouteau, M., 2010. Quantitative analysis of water content estimation errors using Ground Penetrating Radar data and a low-loss approximation, Geophysics 75, WA241-WA249. doi:10.1190/1.3464329

• Giroux B et Gloaguen E, 2012. Geostatistical traveltime tomography in elliptically anisotropic media. Geophysical Prospecting, 60, 1133-1149. doi : 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2011.01047.x

• Giroux B et Bouchedda A, 2015. Ray-based time-lapse traveltime tomography, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2015 : pp. 5466-5471. doi : 10.1190/segam2015-5815316.1

License

bh_tomo is released under the terms of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. See LICENSE.txt for details.

Enjoy!

Bernard Giroux