Abstract: With the enhancement of computer capability and with the continual thorough of subsurface heterogeneity media, the technique of seismic wave imaging is progressed ceaselessly. At the complex structure area, in particular the area of low S/N ratio seismic data, the traditional reflection seismic exploration technique is faced with the obvious challenge. In such a case, the scattering seismic exploration technique may be a direction of technique development in the future, and its core is the reverse scattering image (RSI) technique. The RSI method will be especially used for separation of near-surface scattered noise, velocity analysis in heterogeneity media and complex structure imaged. The paper introduces the conception, theory and method of RSI. It's important that prospects of the potential of RSI method for complex structure imaged. All the works is offered the prophase technical storage for scattering seismic exploration

Key words: reverse scattering image, seismic wave imaged, complex structure, scattering seismic exploration