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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 23 CT images and treatment of artifacts Abstract This paper introduces the CT common image artifacts, causes and corresponding treatment methods, designed to help medical imaging technology and engineering personnel and technical personnel of the CT artifacts have further understanding. Keywords: CT; images; Artifacts CT image artifact refers to the CT image reconstruction data and objects, the difference between the actual attenuation coefficient, or refers to the subjects body does not exist, and the image displayed image. According to a source of artifacts in CT images can be divided into: the CT imaging techniques and CT machine-related artifacts, the patient-related artifacts, as well as the unique Spiral CT artifact. CT image artifacts severely reduces the quality of CT images, and sometimes let radiologist can not diagnose or give rise to misdiagnosis and even lead to medical malpractice. 1 and CT imaging techniques and CT-related artifacts in the machine 1.1 Harness sclerosis The mechanism: X-ray is not a single energy is contains a series of frequency fluctuations. When the continuous spectrum of X-rays through the body can be when the low-energy X-ray priority is absorbed, high-energy X-rays easily penetrate the communication process in the rays, the average energy variation high, rays gradually hardens, known as Line beam hardening effect. Established by CT images, is the material attenuation coefficient in the body of the cross-sectional thin layers of distribution, which is equivalent to the distribution of human tissue density. Radiation hardening is equivalent to reducing the absorption of the material density, are bound to affect CT image quality. The formation of artifacts: Harness hardening will produce dark band artifacts and strips of goblet artifacts are two types of artifacts. The former refers to when the X-ray tube along a different direction to scan a particular ob