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Accumulated inert gas during a dive and subsequent reduction of ambient pressure may lead to formation of gas bubbles, which is the initial cause of decompression sickness (DCS). Decompression procedures are used to get divers safely up from depth, and traditionally, the algorithms are evaluated against clinical symptoms of DCS. However, this approach has several weaknesses. The symptomatology of...