Summary The paper presents an approach for the recovery of discrete fracture modeling parameters. It combines diffraction imaging, topological analysis of the diffraction images, and scattering indicatrix analysis. Here a pre-stack partial depth-migrated image containing wavefield from different spatial directions produces additional reliable information in terms of the scattering indicatrix attributes. The topological analysis is the 3D image processing algorithm based on the behavior of different diffraction amplitude levels. The results of the topological analysis of diffraction images are complemented by the scattering indicatrix attributes. The numerical results on the synthetic and real data demonstrate the approach’s possibilities for fracture reconstruction and characterization.