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Conference proceedings

    2013

  1. Diaz, E., Sava, P.C., 2013, Wavefield tomography using RTM backscattering, Proceedings of the 83rd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
  2. Duan, Y., Sava, P.C., 2013, Elastic imaging with OBS receiver-side multiples, Proceedings of the 83rd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
  3. Yang, T., Sava, P.C., 2013, 3D angle gathers from wave-equation extended images, Proceedings of the 83rd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
  4. Yang, T., Sava, P.C., 2013, 3D image-domain wavefield tomography using time-lag extended images, Proceedings of the 83rd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
  5. Patrikeeva, N., Sava, P.C., 2013, Comparison of angle decomposition methods for wave-equation migration, Proceedings of the 83rd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
  6. Perrone, F., Sava, P.C., 2013, Image warping waveform tomography, Proceedings of the 83rd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
  7. Perrone, F., Sava, P.C., 2013, Shot-domain 4D time-lapse velocity analysis using apparent image displacements, Proceedings of the 83rd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
  8. Douma, J., Snieder, R., Fish, A., Sava, P.C., 2013, Locating a microseismic event using deconvolution, Proceedings of the 83rd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
  9. Sava, P.C., Diaz, E., Yang, T., 2013, Keynote address - Do we really need low frequencies in waveform inversion?, SEG Full Waveform Inversion: From Near Surface to Deep, Muscat, Oman.
  10. Sava, P.C., Diaz, E., Yang, T., 2013, Wavefield tomography without low frequency data, EAGE Workshop Wave-equation Migration Velocity Analysis, London, UK.
  11. Perrone, F., Sava, P.C., 2013, Wavefield tomography based on local image correlations, EAGE Workshop Wave-equation Migration Velocity Analysis, London, UK.
  12. Perrone, F., Sava, P.C., 2013, Time-lapse velocity analysis using apparent image displacements, Proceedings of the 75th Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  13. Shragge, J., Yang, T., Sava, P.C., 2013, Time-lapse image-domain tomography using adjoing-state theory, ASEG 23rd International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, August 11-14, 2013, Melbourne, Australia.
  14. Sava, P.C., Ittharat, D., Grimm, R., Stillman, D., 2013, Radar imaging the interiors of small bodies: initial migration studies, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX. (PDF) (poster)

    2012

  15. Perrone, F., Sava, P.C., 2012, Waveform tomography based on local image correlations, Proceedings of the 82nd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  16. Diaz, E., Sava, P.C., 2012, Understanding the reverse time migration backscattering: noise or signal?, Proceedings of the 82nd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  17. Yang, T., Shragge, J., Sava, P.C., 2012, Illumination compensation for subsalt image-domain wavefield tomography, Proceedings of the 82nd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  18. Shragge, J., Yang, T., Sava, P.C., 2012, Time-lapse image-domain velocity analysis using adjoint-state methods, Proceedings of the 82nd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  19. Sava, P.C., Alkhalifah, T., 2012, Anisotropy signature in extended images from reverse-time migration, Proceedings of the 82nd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  20. Perrone, F., Sava, P.C., 2012, Waveform tomography based on local image correlations, SEG/EAGE Summer Research Workshop, Extended Abstracts. (PDF)
  21. Yang, T., Shragge, J., Sava, P.C., 2012, Subsalt wavefield tomography with illumination compensation, SEG/EAGE Summer Research Workshop, Extended Abstracts. (PDF)
  22. Yang, T., Shragge, J., Sava, P.C., 2012, Illumination compensation for image-domain wavefield tomography, Proceedings of the 74th Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  23. Perrone, F., Sava, P.C., Andreoleti, C., Bienati, N., 2012, Wavefield tomography based on local image correlation, Proceedings of the 74th Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  24. Yang, T., Sava, P.C., 2012, Image-domain wavefield tomography for complex geologic structures, EAGE/ACGGP First Latin American Geophysics Workshop, Geophysical Imaging in Complex Areas and Reservoir Characterization, 7–9 March 2012, Cartagena, Columbia. (PDF)

    2011

  25. Frigerio, J., Sava, P.C., 2011, Angle-azimuth decomposition of converted waves using extended images, the 12th Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical Society (SBGf). (PDF)
  26. Sava, P.C., Alkhalifah, T., 2011, Wide-azimuth angle-domain imaging for anisotropic reverse-time migration, Proceedings of the 81st Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  27. Yang, T., Sava, P.C., 2011, Image-domain waveform tomography with two-way wave-equation, Proceedings of the 81st Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  28. Luo, S., Sava, P.C., 2011, A deconvolution-based objective function for wave-equation inversion, Proceedings of the 81st Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  29. Godwin, J., Sava, P.C., 2011, A comparison of shot-encoding schemes for wave-equation migration, Proceedings of the 81st Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  30. Cullison, T., Sava, P.C., 2011, An image-guided method for automatically picking common-image-point gathers, Proceedings of the 81st Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  31. Sava, P.C., Vlad, I., 2011, Efficient wide-azimuth angle decomposition for reverse-time migration, Proceedings of the 73rd Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  32. Yang, T., Sava, P.C., 2011, Waveform inversion in the image domain, Proceedings of the 73rd Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  33. Godwin, J., Fish, A., Sava, P.C., 2011, Automatic microseism location by full-waveform triangulation, Proceedings of the 73rd Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  34. Sava, P.C., 2011, Waveform tomography with extended images, ICIAM, Vancouver, Canada. (TXT)

    2010

  35. Godwin, J., Sava, P.C., 2010, Blended source imaging by amplitude encoding, Proceedings of the 80th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  36. Yang, T., Sava, P.C., 2010, Wave-equation migration velocity analysis with extended common-image-point gathers, Proceedings of the 80th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF) (poster)
  37. Yan, J., Sava, P.C., 2010, Analysis of converted-wave extended images for migration velocity analysis, Proceedings of the 80th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  38. Sava, P.C., Alkhalifah, T., 2010, Extended common-image-point gathers for anisotropic wave-equation migration, EAGE workshop "Migration Velocity Analysis in Anisotropic Media - What Is Possible and What Is Impossible", the 72nd Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  39. Godwin, J., Sava, P.C., 2010, Extended common-image-point gathers for anisotropic imaging with blended sources, EAGE workshop "Migration Velocity Analysis in Anisotropic Media - What Is Possible and What Is Impossible", the 72nd Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  40. Alkhalifah, T., Sava, P.C., 2010, Migration velocity analysis using a transversely isotropic medium with tilt normal to the reflector dip, EAGE workshop "Migration Velocity Analysis in Anisotropic Media - What Is Possible and What Is Impossible", the 72nd Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  41. Perrone, F., Sava, P.C., 2010, Wave-equation migration with dithered plane waves, Proceedings of the 72nd Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  42. Yang, T., Sava, P.C., 2010, Differential semblance wavefield tomography using extended images, Proceedings of the 72nd Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  43. Yan, J., Sava, P.C., 2010, Efficient elastic wave-mode separation in TTI media, Proceedings of the 72nd Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)

    2009

  44. Sava, P.C., 2009, Keynote address - Coordinate-independent extended images for wave-equation migration velocity analysis, Subsalt Imaging Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  45. Yang, T., Sava, P.C., 2009, Wave-equation migration velocity analysis using focusing of extended images, EAGE/SEG Subsalt Imaging Workshop: Focus on Azimuth, Cairo, Egypt. (PDF)
  46. Sava, P.C., Vasconcelos, I., 2009, Efficient computation of extended images by wavefield-based migration, Proceedings of the 79th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  47. Yan, J., Sava, P.C., 2009, Elastic wave mode separation for TTI media, Proceedings of the 79th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  48. Yang, T., Sava, P.C., 2009, Wave-equation migration velocity analysis using extended images, Proceedings of the 79th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  49. Xuan, R., Sava, P.C., 2009, Probabilistic micro-earthquake location for reservoir monitoring, Proceedings of the 79th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF, poster)
  50. Perrone, F., Sava, P.C., 2009, Comparison of shot encoding functions for reverse-time migration, Proceedings of the 79th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF, poster)
  51. Ma, Y., Sava, P.C., 2009, Effects of multi-scale velocity heterogeneities on wave-equation migration, Proceedings of the 79th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF, poster)
  52. Melo, G., Sava, P.C., 2009, Resolution analysis of wide-azimuth angle decomposition for wave-equation migration, Proceedings of the 79th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  53. Vasconcelos, I., Sava, P.C., Douma, H., 2009, Wave-equation extended images via image-domain interferometry, Proceedings of the 79th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  54. Yan, J., Sava, P.C., 2009, 3D elastic wave mode separation for TTI media, SEG post-convention workshop: "Are recent advances in Multicomponent technology meeting industry challenges and adding value". (PDF)
  55. Yang, T., Sava, P.C., 2009, Wavefield-based migration velocity analysis with space/time extended images, SEG post-convention workshop: "Full wave-equation methods for complex imaging challenges".
  56. Sava, P.C., Vasconcelos, I., 2009, Extended common-image-point gathers for wave-equation migration, Proceedings of the 71st Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  57. Yan, J., Sava, P.C., 2009, P- and SV-mode separation in complex geology with VTI anisotropy, Proceedings of the 71st Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF, poster)
  58. Vasconcelos, I., Sava, P.C., Douma, H., 2009, Image-domain interferometry and wave-equation extended images, Proceedings of the 71st Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)

    2008

  59. Sava, P.C., 2008, Micro-earthquake monitoring with sparsely-sampled data, Proceedings of the 78th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  60. Yan, J., Sava, P.C., 2008, Elastic wavefield separation for VTI media, Proceedings of the 78th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  61. Yang, T., Sava, P.C., 2008, Wave-equation extended images applied to semblance and depth focusing velocity analysis, Proceedings of the 78th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF, poster)
  62. Yan, J., Sava, P.C., 2008, Elastic wave-mode separation for VTI media, the 13th International Workshop on Seismic Anisotropy, Winter Park, Colorado. (PDF)
  63. Sava, P.C., 2008, Interferometric seismic imaging of sparsely-sampled data, Proceedings of the 70th Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  64. Silva, E., Sava, P.C., 2008, Wave equation migration using isochron rays, Proceedings of the 70th Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers.

    2007

  65. Sava, P.C., Poliannnikov, O., 2007, Interferometric imaging condition for wave-equation migration, Proceedings of the 77th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  66. Sava, P.C., 2007, Stereographic imaging condition for wave-equation migration, Proceedings of the 77th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  67. Yan, J., Sava, P.C., 2007, Elastic wavefield imaging with scalar and vector potentials, Proceedings of the 77th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  68. Sava, P.C., Poliannikov, O., 2007, Interferometric Imaging Condition, Proceedings of the 69th Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers.
  69. Vasconcelos, I., Taylor, S., Snieder, R., Chavarria, A., Sava, P.C., Malin, P., 2007, Broadside interferometric and reverse-time imaging of the San Andreas fault at depth, Proceedings of the 77th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)

    2006

  70. Sava, P.C., Fomel, S., 2006, Time-shift imaging condition for converted waves, Proceedings of the 76th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  71. Sava, P.C., Fomel, S., 2006, Generalized imaging conditions for wave-equation migration, Proceedings of the 68th Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  72. Albertin, U., Sava, P.C., Etgen, J., Maharramov, M., 2006, Adjoint wave-equation velocity analysis, Proceedings of the 76th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  73. Albertin, U., Sava, P.C., Etgen, J., Maharramov, M., 2006, Image differencing and focusing in wave-equation velocity analysis, Proceedings of the 68th Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)

    2005

  74. Sava, P.C., Fomel, S., 2005, Time-shift imaging condition, Proceedings of the 75th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  75. Sava, P.C., Fomel, S., 2005, Coordinate-independent angle-gathers for wave equation migration, Proceedings of the 75th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF) (Poster page 1 and page 2 )
  76. Sava, P.C., Fomel, S., 2005, Wave-equation common-angle gathers for converted waves, Proceedings of the 75th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  77. Sava, P.C., Fomel, S., 2005, Wave-equation angle-domain imaging for multicomponent seismic data, EAGE/SEG Summer Research Workshop, Extended Abstracts. (PDF)
  78. Shragge, J., Sava, P.C., 2005, Wave-equation migration from topography, Proceedings of the 75th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  79. Sava, P.C., Fomel, S., 2005, Time-shift wave-equation imaging, Proceedings of the 4th Congress of the Balkan Geophysical Society, Bucharest, Romania. (PDF)
  80. Shragge, J., Sava, P.C., Shan, G., Biondi, B., Fomel, S., 2005, Riemannian wavefield extrapolation of seismic data, Proceedings of the 4th Congress of the Balkan Geophysical Society, Bucharest, Romania. (PDF)

    2004

  81. Sava, P.C., Fomel, S., 2004, Wavefield extrapolation in Riemannian coordinates, Proceedings of the 74th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  82. Sava, P.C., Biondi, B., Etgen, J., 2004, Diffraction-focusing migration velocity analysis, Proceedings of the 74th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  83. Shragge, J., Sava, P.C., 2004, Adaptive phase-rays wavefield extrapolation, Proceedings of the 74th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists. (PDF)
  84. Sava, P.C., Fomel, S., 2004, Seismic modeling with Riemannian wavefield extrapolation, Proceedings of the 66th Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)
  85. Sava, P.C., Biondi, B., 2004, Wave-equation migration velocity analysis, Research Workshop: Estimation of Accurate Velocity Macro-Models in Complex Structures, the 66th Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)

    2003

  86. Sava, P.C., Biondi, B., 2003, Wave-equation migration velocity analysis by inversion of differential image perturbations, Proceedings of the 73rd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 2124-2127. (PDF)
  87. Sava, P.C., Guitton, A., 2003, Multiple attenuation in the image space, Proceedings of the 73rd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 1933-1936. (PDF)
  88. Sava, P.C., Biondi, B., 2003, Migration velocity analysis by recursive wavefield extrapolation, EAGE/SEG Summer Research Workshop, Extended Abstracts, paper T20. (PDF)
  89. Sava, P.C., Guitton, A., 2003, Multiple attenuation after migration, EAGE/SEG Summer Research Workshop, Extended Abstracts, paper T25. (PDF)
  90. Sava, P.C., Biondi, B., 2003, Analytical image perturbations for wave-equation migration velocity analysis, Proceedings of the 65th Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)

    2002

  91. Sava, P.C., Fomel, S., 2002, Wave-equation migration velocity analysis beyond the Born approximation, Proceedings of the 72nd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 2285-2288. (PDF)
  92. Rosales, D., Biondi, B., Sava, P.C., 2002 Stolt prestack residual migration for converted waves, Proceedings of the 72nd Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 986-989. (PDF)
  93. Biondi, B., Clapp, R., Sava, P.C., Prucha M., 2002, 3-D prestack wave-equation imaging: a rapidly evolving technology, Proceedings of the 64th Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)

    2001

  94. Sava, P.C., Fomel, S., Biondi, B., 2001, Amplitude-preserved common-image gathers by wave-equation migration, Proceedings of the 71st Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 296-299. (PDF)
  95. Sava, P.C., Rickett, J., Prucha, M., Biondi, B., 2001, Amplitude-preserving wave-equation imaging, Research workshop, the 71st Annual SEG Meeting, San Antonio, TX. (PDF)
  96. Rickett, J., Sava, P.C., 2001, Offset and angle-domain common-image gathers for shot-profile migration, Proceedings of the 71st Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 1115-1118. (PDF)

    2000

  97. Sava, P.C., 2000, Prestack Stolt residual migration for migration velocity analysis, Proceedings of the 70th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 992-995. (PDF)
  98. Vaillant, L., Calandra, H., Sava, P.C., Biondi, B., 2000, 3-D wave-equation imaging of a North Sea dataset: common-azimuth migration + residual migration, Proceedings of the 70th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 874-877. (PDF)
  99. Vaillant, L., Sava, P.C., Biondi, B., Calandra, H., 2000, 3-D prestack wave-equation migration of North Sea common-azimuth data, Proceedings of the 62nd Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. (PDF)

    1999

  100. Biondi, B., Sava, P.C., 1999, Wave-equation migration velocity analysis, Proceedings of the 69th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 1723-1726. (PDF)
  101. Biondi, B., Prucha, M., Sava, P.C., 1999, 3-D wave-equation prestack imaging under salt, the 6th International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical Society, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (PDF)

    1998

  102. Sava, P.C., Fomel, S., 1998, Huygens wavefront tracing: a robust alternative to conventional ray tracing, Proceedings of the 68th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 1961-1964. (PDF)

    1994

  103. Sava, C.S., Sava, P.C., 1994, Contributions of the Marine Gravity and Magnetic Survey to the Geological Knowledge on the Black Sea Romanian Shelf (I), Proceedings of the 56th Annual International Meeting, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers.