METHOD FOR COMBINING THE RESULTS OF ULTRASOUND AND X-RAY AND NEUTRON CEMENT EVALUATION LOGS THROUGH MODALITY MERGING
A combining mechanism for borehole logging tool data that employs modality merging to combine the output data of various borehole logging tools to provide a combined result and automated interpretation is provided, said mechanism comprising: at least one mechanism for assigning interpretive values to individual processed data types; at least one mechanism for combining the interpretive value data sets; and, at least one mechanism for providing an interpretation. A method of combining borehole logging tool data that employs modality merging to combine the output data of various borehole logging tools to provide a combined result and automated interpretation is also provided, said method comprising: assigning interpretive values to individual processed data types; combining the interpretive value data sets; and, providing an interpretation.
1 . A combining mechanism for borehole logging tool data that employs modality merging to combine the output data of various borehole logging tools to provide a combined result and automated interpretation, comprising:
at least one mechanism for assigning interpretive values to individual processed data types;
at least one mechanism for combining the interpretive value data sets; and
at least one mechanism for providing an interpretation.
2 . The combining mechanism of claim 1 , wherein said mechanism is configured to process ultrasound or acoustic data from a borehole logging tool.
3 . The combining mechanism of claim 1 , wherein said mechanism is configured to process x-ray data from a borehole logging tool.
4 . The combining mechanism of claim 1 , wherein said mechanism is configured to process neutron porosity data from a borehole logging tool.
5 . The combining mechanism of claim 1 , wherein said mechanism is configured to process neutron activation data from a borehole logging tool.
6 . The combining mechanism for borehole logging tool data of claim 1 , wherein said borehole tool is a wireline-based tool.
7 . The combining mechanism for borehole logging tool data of claim 1 , wherein said borehole tool is a logging-while-drilling-based tool.
8 . The method of combining borehole logging tool data that employs modality merging to combine the output data of various borehole logging tools to provide a combined result and automated interpretation, comprising:
assigning interpretive values to individual processed data types;
combining the interpretive value data sets; and
providing an interpretation.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein said method further comprises processing ultrasound or acoustic data from a borehole logging tool.
10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein said method further comprising processing x-ray data from a borehole logging tool.
11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein said method further comprises processing neutron porosity data from a borehole logging tool.
12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein said method further comprises processing neutron activation data from a borehole logging tool.
13 . The method for borehole logging tool data of claim 8 , wherein said borehole tool further comprises wireline-based tool.
14 . The method for borehole logging tool data of claim 8 , wherein said borehole tool further comprises a logging-while-drilling-based tool.