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Table A.1Features and Probabilities of Identification

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Feature
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Table A.2Example Probabilities of Detection and Sizing Tolerances for Metal Loss
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Table A.3Direction and Sizing Accuracy for Crack or Crack-like Anomalies

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Table A.4Detection and Sizing Accuracies for Dents and Ovalities

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Table A.5Detection and Sizing Accuracy in 90 Bends

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Minimal bend radius for detection of metal loss anomalies as given in Table A2
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Table A.6Location Accuracy of Features

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Accuracy of distance to upstream girth weld at 90 % certainty

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Table A.7Horizontal and Vertical Accuracy of Pipeline Location as a Function of

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