RED-DiffEq: Regularization by denoising diffusion models for solving inverse PDE problems with application to full waveform inversion

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21659v1
• Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 22:28:56 GMT
• Title: RED-DiffEq: Regularization by denoising diffusion models for solving inverse PDE problems with application to full waveform inversion
• Authors: Siming Shan, Min Zhu, Youzuo Lin, Lu Lu,
• Abstract summary: Partial differential equation (PDE)-governed inverse problems are fundamental across various scientific and engineering applications.<n>We introduce a new computational framework, RED-DiffEq, by integrating physics-driven inversion and data-driven learning.
• Score: 10.757623414065003
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Partial differential equation (PDE)-governed inverse problems are fundamental across various scientific and engineering applications; yet they face significant challenges due to nonlinearity, ill-posedness, and sensitivity to noise. Here, we introduce a new computational framework, RED-DiffEq, by integrating physics-driven inversion and data-driven learning. RED-DiffEq leverages pretrained diffusion models as a regularization mechanism for PDE-governed inverse problems. We apply RED-DiffEq to solve the full waveform inversion problem in geophysics, a challenging seismic imaging technique that seeks to reconstruct high-resolution subsurface velocity models from seismic measurement data. Our method shows enhanced accuracy and robustness compared to conventional methods. Additionally, it exhibits strong generalization ability to more complex velocity models that the diffusion model is not trained on. Our framework can also be directly applied to diverse PDE-governed inverse problems.

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