Artifacts

"Artifacts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Any visible result of a procedure which is caused by the procedure itself and not by the entity being analyzed. Common examples include histological structures introduced by tissue processing, radiographic images of structures that are not naturally present in living tissue, and products of chemical reactions that occur during analysis.

Descriptor ID	D016477
MeSH Number(s)	E05.047
Concept/Terms	Artifacts Artifacts Artifact Artefacts Artefact

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Artifacts [E05.047]

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Bar chart showing 129 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	3	3
1996	1	0	1
1997	2	4	6
1998	3	3	6
1999	0	2	2
2000	1	3	4
2001	1	0	1
2002	2	3	5
2003	0	2	2
2004	2	4	6
2005	1	3	4
2006	3	4	7
2007	5	3	8
2008	3	2	5
2009	4	3	7
2010	2	4	6
2011	3	1	4
2012	1	2	3
2013	3	3	6
2014	7	3	10
2015	0	5	5
2016	3	2	5
2017	2	3	5
2018	0	2	2
2019	1	1	2
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	2	3
2022	1	1	2
2023	2	2	4
2024	1	1	2
2025	1	1	2

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Clemens MW, Mitchell MP, Christensen JM, Olenczak JB, Shay PL, Hanwright PJ, Ha AY, Kapur SK, Melancon AD, Shuck JW. Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Conditional Tissue Expanders in Breast Reconstruction: Clinical Outcomes and Radiation Therapy Implications. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025 Aug 01; 156(2):225-233.

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Rajiah PS, Sundaram B, Ng MY, Ranganath P, Araoz PA, Bolen MA. Artifacts at Cardiac MRI: Imaging Appearances and Solutions. Radiographics. 2025 01; 45(1):e230200.

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Gould SW, Harty M. Pediatric forensic postmortem computed tomography: basics to advanced. Pediatr Radiol. 2025 Apr; 55(4):682-698.

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Lin WC, Coyner AS, Amankwa CE, Lucero A, Wollstein G, Schuman JS, Ishikawa H. High Prevalence of Artifacts in Optical Coherence Tomography With Adequate Signal Strength. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2024 08 01; 13(8):43.

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Tounekti S, Alizadeh M, Middleton D, Harrop JS, Hiba B, Krisa L, Mekkaoui C, Mohamed FB. Metal artifact reduction around cervical spine implant using diffusion tensor imaging at 3T: A phantom study. Magn Reson Imaging. 2024 Jan; 105:57-66.

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Tomsan H, Gorbachova T, Fritz RC, Abrams GD, Sherman SL, Shea KG, Boutin RD. Knee MRI: Meniscus Roots, Ramps, Repairs, and Repercussions. Radiographics. 2023 07; 43(7):e220208.

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Fayed I, Syed M, Gingold E, Alizadeh M, Sharan A, Wu C. A Novel and Simple Method Using Computed Tomography Streak Artifact to Determine the Orientation of Directional Deep Brain Stimulation Leads. Neurosurgery. 2023 11 01; 93(5):1036-1045.

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Fetzer DT, Vijay K, Caserta MP, Patterson-Lachowicz A, Dahiya N, Rodgers SK. Artifacts and Technical Considerations at Contrast-enhanced US. Radiographics. 2023 02; 43(2):e220093.

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Yonezawa H, Ueda D, Yamamoto A, Kageyama K, Walston SL, Nota T, Murai K, Ogawa S, Sohgawa E, Jogo A, Kabata D, Miki Y. Maskless 2-Dimensional Digital Subtraction Angiography Generation Model for Abdominal Vasculature using Deep Learning. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 07; 33(7):845-851.e8.

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Hansen CL. The 'ramp filter' artifact in filtered back projection is due to attenuation not ramp filtering. Nucl Med Commun. 2022 Jun 01; 43(6):694-700.

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