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rise in the mean energy of a polychromatic X-ray beam as softer photons are absorbed, which biases attenuation values and causes streak and cupping artifacts.

In medical imaging, beam hardening refers to rise in the mean energy of a polychromatic X-ray beam as softer photons are absorbed, which biases attenuation values and causes streak and cupping artifacts. This meaning comes from Brooks (1976) in Physics in Medicine & Biology.[1]

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  1. Brooks, R. A., & Di Chiro, G. (1976). Beam hardening in X-ray reconstructive tomography. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 21(3), 390-398. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/21/3/004

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