학술논문

Layered Media Parameter Inversion Method Based on Deconvolution Autoencoder and Self-Attention Mechanism Using GPR Data
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on. 62:1-14 2024
Subject
Geoscience
Signal Processing and Analysis
Nonhomogeneous media
Reflection
Deconvolution
Reflection coefficient
Signal resolution
Estimation
Deep learning
Deconvolution autoencoder
ground-penetrating radar (GPR)
layered media
parameters inversion
self-attention mechanism
Language
ISSN
0196-2892
1558-0644
Abstract
Layered medium parameter inversion is a crucial technique in ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data processing and has wide application in civil engineering and geological exploration. In response to the issues of high computational complexity and low accuracy associated with existing methods, a novel layered medium parameter inversion approach is proposed, comprising the deconvolution autoencoder and the parameter inversion network. First, the deconvolution autoencoder is introduced to solve the pulse response of layered medium systems in an unsupervised manner, which enhances the computational efficiency of deconvolution and decouples the data acquisition system from the supervised model. Subsequently, a parameter inversion network, including a self-attention module and a residual multilayer perceptron (MLP), is proposed to address the challenge posed by the excessively sparse pulse responses. The self-attention module calculates the autocorrelation of the pulse sequence, providing temporal delay information between pulses and reducing the sparsity of the pulse response to facilitate feature extraction. Meanwhile, the residual MLP, known for its low information loss and adaptability to different output dimensions, is employed for model-based and pixel-based inversions in situations with and without prior knowledge of the layer number, respectively. Finally, simulated and measured datasets are constructed to comprehensively train and evaluate the proposed method. The results demonstrate that the proposed method exhibits better performance of inversion accuracy, computational efficiency, robustness, generalization capability, and noise resistance. In addition, it remains applicable even when prior knowledge of the layer number is unknown.