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Books Translation Project Digital imaging and deconvolution translation project By Gabriel Gelpi, SEG LARAC member
The SEG LARAC Committee is very glad to an-
attributes and seismic attenuation among others. At the
nounce a new translation project from English to
end of the book the reader can find a detailed mathe-
Spanish. This time, the selected title is “Digital Imag-
matical overview. The methods described are also im-
ing and Deconvolution: The ABCs of Seismic Explo-
portant in areas like optical imaging, video imaging,
ration and Processing” written by Enders A. Robinson
medical and biological imaging, acoustical analysis,
and Sven Treitel.
radar, and sonar.
In this book, nominated by the Association of
There is no doubt this is a huge project, and it is
Earth Science Editors award for best geoscience publi-
going to be immensely helpful for geoscientist in the
cation of 2008–2009, the authors cover the basic ideas
Latin American region and around the globe. To suc-
and methods used in seismic processing. This volume
cessfully achieve this project, the LARAC committee
is intended for geophysicists, graduate students, and
is looking for volunteers that are able to work in a
undergraduates in geophysics. However, it can also be
team, fluent in English/Spanish and have some
helpful to scientists and engineers in other disciplines
knowledge in applied geophysics.
who use digital signal processing to analyze and image wave-motion data in remote-detection applications.
The kickoff of the project will be in April 2021 and it is expected to last between 6-9 months, although
The book covers topics such as wave motion, dig-
it can be extended to one year. For more information
ital imaging, digital filtering, visualization aspects of
about the qualifications needed for this task the reader
the seismic reflection method, sampling theory, wave-
can follow this link or contact us at lastu-
lets and wavelet processing, deconvolution, seismic
dent.conference@seg.org.
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