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The paper is devoted to computational aspects of the dual-energy digital x-ray photography. The efficiency of the most common integration techniques (trapezoid rule, Simpson's, Gregory's, and Gauss's formulas) for given limiting calculation errors has been studied. Recommendations are given for selecting an integration method and a technique for solving systems of integral equations with parameters.
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Nedavnii, O.I., Osipov, S.P. & Sidulenko, O.A. Computational Aspects of Dual Energy Digital X-ray Photography. Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing 38, 170–175 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020639808189
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