See "Artifacts" below. "Artefacts" is the usual British spelling of "Artifacts."

Irregular flaws in image colour or sharpness caused by CCD problems, noise or compression.

Undesirable visual defects produced by digital imaging systems. They can be generated by either input or output devices and include noise, colour casts, distortions and lost information. All degrade i [..]

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, radiogr [..]

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