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DB-MS-CAN: A robust deep learning framework for microseismic velocity inversion via Dual-Branch Attention and Multi-Scale Feature Aggregation

Aoyu Feng1 Binxin Hu2* Feng Zhu1* Yang Gao3 Feifei Jiang3 Danya Ma4 Rong Liu2
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1 Shandong Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensing Technologies / National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy and Environment Fiber Smart Sensing Technologies, Laser Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, China
2 Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan, Shandong, China
3 Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China
4 Jinan Institute of Semiconductor Devices, Jinan, Shandong, China
Received: 26 November 2025 | Revised: 15 February 2026 | Accepted: 9 March 2026 | Published online: 6 May 2026
© 2026 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

Accurate real-time assessment of underground stress fields is critical for mine safety, yet conventional inversion methods struggle to balance precision with computational efficiency. To address these challenges, we propose the Dual-Branch Multi-Scale Convolutional Attention Network (DB-MS-CAN), which employs a decoupling-and-aggregation strategy. The framework integrates a Dual-Branch Fusion Module (BFM) to isolate sparse transient signals from persistent mining noise and a Multi-Scale Dense Feature Aggregation (MDFA) module to reconstruct complex geological structures across varying spatial scales. To ensure rigorous validation, the model was evaluated on both geologically constrained real-world datasets and an independent synthetic benchmark governed by wave propagation physics. Results demonstrate that DB-MS-CAN achieves a structural similarity index (SSIM) of 0.925 and an root mean square error (RMSE) reduction of approximately 40% compared to traditional ray-based tomography. The proposed model achieved significant performance improvements compared to advanced baselines, including CNN-LSTM and Vision Transformers. Notably, the model maintains high fidelity (correlation coefficient > 0.90) under extreme 0 dB SNR conditions and achieves an inference speed of ~7 seconds per event on a single GPU, outperforming iterative solvers by orders of magnitude. This framework provides a robust and efficient solution for dynamic hazard early warning in deep mining environments.

Keywords
Microseismic inversion
Deep learning
Dual-Branch Attention
Multi-Scale Feature Aggregation
Funding
This work was supported by the Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (Grant No. SKLGGES-024034), the Key Research and Development Program of Jining City (Grant No. 2024AQGX009), and the Research Planning Project of Qilu Institute of Technology (Grant Nos. QIT24BZ002 and QIT25TP006).
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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