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A new method for reconstructing electrical conductivity distribution from electromagnetic (EM) data by using traveltime tomography is presented in this paper. Diffusive EM fields can be mathematically transformed to wavefields defined in a time-like variable. The transform uniquely relates a field satisfying a diffusion equation in time, or in frequency, to an integral of the corresponding wavefield. This paper first transforms numerically calculated transient magnetic fields to wavefields. Traveltime data from a source to the receivers are estimated from the transformed wavefields. Then an iterative reconstruction algorithm is used to obtain the slowness distribution of a medium. This algorithm is an improved ART algorithm taking account of bending ray paths. The slowness distribution is transformed to electrical conductivity distribution according to their relation. The simulation result is presented in this paper.
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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Ma Ning: born in Nov. 1970, Ph. D. graduate student
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Ning, M., Zhengyi, H., Qin, C. et al. Using traveltime tomography to reconstruct electrical conductivity. Wuhan Univ. J. Nat. Sci. 2, 59–62 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02834915
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02834915