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Jean-Philippe Bedell1 \*, Claudia Coelho<sup>1</sup> , Olivier Roques<sup>1</sup> , Anais Venisseau<sup>2</sup> , Philippe Marchand<sup>2</sup> and Yves Perrodin<sup>1</sup>

1 University of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023, LEHNA, Vaulx-en-Velin, France

2 ONIRIS, LABERCA, Nantes, France

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