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Table 1 Overview of literature citing various potential root causes of calcium blooming

From: Cardiac CT blooming artifacts: clinical significance, root causes and potential solutions

Root causes

Related references

Partial volume

[30–41]

Motion

[28, 31–33, 37]

Beam hardening

[31, 32, 34, 38–41]

  1. The most cited factor is partial volume averaging, followed by motion artifacts and beam hardening artifacts