A novel denoising method for low SNR NMR logging echo signal based on deep learning

Abstract The T 2 spectrum obtained by inversion of the nuclear magnetic resonance logging echo signal can provide various petrophysical parameters to help technicians effectively identify the type of fluid. However, raw logging data with a low signal-to-noise ratio can cause inversion results to deviate from the truth. Therefore, a deep learning denoising method is proposed to eliminate the limitations of traditional mathematical transform methods. A one-dimensional deep convolutional generative adversarial networks model is designed to fit the noise distribution of actual logging data, then generate simulation data. A multi-scale echo denoising network (MsEDNet) is designed to adaptively learn the multi-exponential decay characteristics of the signal and the optimal transform space. The denoising dataset consists of simulation data and logging data, which is applied to train MsEDNet and improve the generalization performance. With effectiveness analysis and various denoising experiments, it is validated that the proposed method has excellent denoising performance on simulation data, logging data, and water tank data.