High-qualityseismicgeometryisthekeytoobtainhigh-qualityseismicdata,andcanaffecttheaccuracyofdataprocessingandimaging.Basedontheanalysisoftherelationshipbetweenthequalityofthegeometryandthefouracquisitionparameters(thenumberoftraces,shotlinespacing,andthespaceandnumberofreceiverlines),aqualityevaluationmethodofthegeometrybasedoncomprehensivequalityfactor(CQF)isproposed,andtherelationshipbetweenthegeometryqualityandthefourparametersisgiven.WeusefielddatacollectedinanoilfieldinWesternChinawithcomplexgeology:Firstweuseawideazimuthgeometry.Then,wecalculatetherelationshipcurvebetweengeometryanddataqualitybyvaryingeachparameterwhilekeepingtherestfixed.andtheanalysisresultsaregivenbyusingtheCQFevaluationmethod.Theresultsshowthattheshot-linespacinghasthegreatesteffectonthequalityofthegeometry,andtheincreaseofthereceiverlinespacingcanappropriatelyimprovethequalityofthegeometry,andtheincreaseofthenumberofreceivingtracescanimprovethegeometryquality.Thedifferentacquisitionparametershavedifferenteffectsontheimagingqualityofshallowanddeepevents.Themodelforwardandprestackdepthmigrationareusedtogenerateprestackdepthmigrationprofileswithdifferentacquisitionparameters.Theimagingresultsareconsistentwiththeabovecalculatedresults.Accordingtothedepthofthetargetlayer,thequalityfactorevaluationmethodisappliedtoguidethedesignofthegeometryandoptimizetheacquisitionparameterstoimprovetheimagingaccuracyofseismicdata.
