# Support

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## [Annotated area disappears in 2D ](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/annotated-area-disappears-in-2d/17707)

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**Author:** [@caesarsalad](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/caesarsalad)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/annotated-area-disappears-in-2d/17707 "2021-05-20T12:02:52Z")

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When I paint or draw on my image, as soon as I let go of the mouse the annotated area disappears. Any ideas on why this might be? Thanks!

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## [Cannot paint segments on video](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cannot-paint-segments-on-video/17710)

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**Author:** [@caesarsalad](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/caesarsalad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cannot-paint-segments-on-video/17710 "2021-05-20T12:13:15Z")

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Hello, I am very new to this software and it seems like I’m having a similar issue. However, the painting doesn’t work either. Whenever I draw/paint then let go, the drawn area just disappears. Should probably let you…

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## [In mesh statistics, can I set ROI as specific surface?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/in-mesh-statistics-can-i-set-roi-as-specific-surface/17693)

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**Author:** [@yspark](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/yspark)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/in-mesh-statistics-can-i-set-roi-as-specific-surface/17693 "2021-05-20T06:32:55Z")

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Operating system: window 10 Slicer version: 4.10.1 Expected behavior: average closest point distance of specific surface Actual behavior: Hello, I’m working on a dental university project, and I’m trying to get ave…

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## [How to display the cropVolume fitted with the slice views?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-display-the-cropvolume-fitted-with-the-slice-views/17698)

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**Author:** [@jumbojing](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jumbojing)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-display-the-cropvolume-fitted-with-the-slice-views/17698 "2021-05-20T01:32:05Z")

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这个被截取后的volume,怎么能最大化在切片视图里显示呢? The volume extracted from CropVolume module, how to display it fitted with the slices( Maximize the volume to full slices view)? I want to python code.Like follow:

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## [FIducial Registration Wizard through Python Interactor](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/fiducial-registration-wizard-through-python-interactor/13641)

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**Author:** [@Purva\_Suryawanshi](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Purva_Suryawanshi)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/fiducial-registration-wizard-through-python-interactor/13641 "2021-05-19T15:26:57Z")

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Operating system:Windows 10 Slicer version:4.11.0 Expected behavior:I want to align a DICOM volume and an Image using 3 points (fiducial markers) through python. Is there a way I can assign the fiducial markers using p…

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## ["buffer queue overflow, dropping" error in ffmpeg on windows](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/buffer-queue-overflow-dropping-error-in-ffmpeg-on-windows/17681)

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**Author:** [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/buffer-queue-overflow-dropping-error-in-ffmpeg-on-windows/17681 "2021-05-19T14:33:00Z")

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As per this discussion we have updated the Animator to match the encodings used in Screen Capture module. However, this resulted in a repeatable error in ffmpeg encoding (see video below). Same happens in Screen Capture …

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## [How to mark paint 3d segment?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-mark-paint-3d-segment/17687)

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**Author:** [@Chintha\_Siva\_Prasad](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Chintha_Siva_Prasad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-mark-paint-3d-segment/17687 "2021-05-19T12:41:49Z")

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How can I get a portion of 3d volume by painting on it?

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## [DICOM RLE Support in Slicer](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-rle-support-in-slicer/17656)

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**Author:** [@Federico](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Federico)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-rle-support-in-slicer/17656 "2021-05-18T19:29:42Z")

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Hi everyone, I was wondering if Slicer is able to convert the pixel data of a binary label map to DICOM Run-Length-Encoding (RLE). Does anyone know if this is possible and how? Thanks for your help! much appreciated!

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## ["Overwrite all" setting in paint or scissors (fill inside) creates large gaps between segments that should be connected](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/overwrite-all-setting-in-paint-or-scissors-fill-inside-creates-large-gaps-between-segments-that-should-be-connected/17665)

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**Author:** [@sannpeterson](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/sannpeterson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/overwrite-all-setting-in-paint-or-scissors-fill-inside-creates-large-gaps-between-segments-that-should-be-connected/17665 "2021-05-18T14:59:30Z")

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Ive tried several ways to try to get around this issue. For instance, I’ve tried allowing overlap (under Modify other segments) then going back to erase the portion of the segment that is overlapping using subtract. When…

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## [Simple installation of 3D Slicer (Source code ubuntu 20.0)](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/simple-installation-of-3d-slicer-source-code-ubuntu-20-0/17662)

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**Author:** [@Soufiyan-Yachou](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Soufiyan-Yachou)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/simple-installation-of-3d-slicer-source-code-ubuntu-20-0/17662 "2021-05-18T04:58:33Z")

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Hello i am a new user of 3D Slicer and ubuntu systeme i need easy file how to install 3D slicer with all libraries . Thanks

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## [Efficiently removing osteoderms?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/efficiently-removing-osteoderms/17666)

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**Author:** [@Isaac.Annal](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Isaac.Annal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/efficiently-removing-osteoderms/17666 "2021-05-18T00:59:07Z")

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Hi all, I have been segmenting skink skulls (first in Avizo and now primarily through slicer) and it is terribly tedious due to their osteoderms. When thresholding, the osteoderms show up in the same grayscale range as …

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## [SlicerMorph Animator yellow highlight on gif images](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicermorph-animator-yellow-highlight-on-gif-images/17653)

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**Author:** [@tsehrhardt](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/tsehrhardt)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicermorph-animator-yellow-highlight-on-gif-images/17653 "2021-05-17T22:58:14Z")

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I am getting this yellow highlighting when I make a gif in SlicerMorph Animator–it does not appear when I save an mp4 and I don’t see it in the Preview window.

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## [Segmentation wizard installation](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segmentation-wizard-installation/17635)

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**Author:** [@RO786](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/RO786)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/segmentation-wizard-installation/17635 "2021-05-17T16:06:47Z")

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Operating system: Windows 10 Slicer version: 4.11.2020 Hello I tried to download the segmentation wizard module using the extension browser. It does not successfully install after restarting the software. I get a note…

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## [How do I orient homogeneously the 3d viewer of the scene across different scenes?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-do-i-orient-homogeneously-the-3d-viewer-of-the-scene-across-different-scenes/17623)

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**Author:** [@Gaborri](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Gaborri)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-do-i-orient-homogeneously-the-3d-viewer-of-the-scene-across-different-scenes/17623 "2021-05-17T15:38:28Z")

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Hi, I am doing some volume analysis of a tomography with time resolution. This means that I have several set of data that, if reconstructed, lead to different scenes (which I have saved indipendently). I would like to…

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## [Connecting to a remote DICOM server through proxy](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/connecting-to-a-remote-dicom-server-through-proxy/11435)

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**Author:** [@kleingeo](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/kleingeo)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/connecting-to-a-remote-dicom-server-through-proxy/11435 "2021-05-17T13:14:53Z")

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With the current state of everything I am working from home. I currently have a DICOM server at work that I require to be able to interface with. I am on Windows 10 and I am currently able to connect to the server throug…

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## [What is the right way for loading 3D dose volumes from jupyter kernel](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/what-is-the-right-way-for-loading-3d-dose-volumes-from-jupyter-kernel/17651)

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**Author:** [@meika\_poika](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/meika_poika)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/what-is-the-right-way-for-loading-3d-dose-volumes-from-jupyter-kernel/17651 "2021-05-17T13:05:59Z")

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Hi! I’m doing an AI-based RT-project with Slicer, but I’ve been stuck on trying to find a way to load 3D dose images to the scene from jupyter kernel. I want to do some image registration/resampling recursively, but my …

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## [Smoothing factor always reset to 0.5 on reload](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/smoothing-factor-always-reset-to-0-5-on-reload/17640)

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**Author:** [@hherhold](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/hherhold)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/smoothing-factor-always-reset-to-0-5-on-reload/17640 "2021-05-17T01:17:34Z")

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Slicer May 9 nightly, MacOS 10.15.7. Load in a scene, any scene, with some segments. Go to segment editor turn on Show 3D Change smoothing factor to 0.1 Save everything Quit slicer Restart slicer Reload scene Note that…

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## [Mandibular reconstruction in Slicer](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/mandibular-reconstruction-in-slicer/14228)

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**Author:** [@mau\_igna\_06](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mau_igna_06)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/mandibular-reconstruction-in-slicer/14228 "2020-10-25T01:27:42Z")

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This is a question for experts in python scripting here on the Slicer Forum: Is it possible to develop this surgical planning on Slicer? I mean achieving in Slicer everything that is done in that video including the oste…

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## [Custom‐fitting Surgical Guides on Slicer](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/custom-fitting-surgical-guides-on-slicer/14270)

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**Author:** [@mau\_igna\_06](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mau_igna_06)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/custom-fitting-surgical-guides-on-slicer/14270 "2021-05-16T12:44:28Z")

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This is a question for the experts on python scripting here on the Slicer’s forum: Considering the osteotomy planes are already positioned like in picture A. Is it possible to develop on Slicer custom-fitting surgical…

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## [Adding extension from GitHub](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/adding-extension-from-github/16527)

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**Author:** [@mohammed\_alshakhas](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mohammed_alshakhas)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/adding-extension-from-github/16527 "2021-05-16T12:39:03Z")

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how can i add a module not indext in the extenion manager in 3d slicer im intersted in installing this extenios ,but not sure how to proceed thanks

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## [Calculating area surface](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/calculating-area-surface/17603)

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**Author:** [@Pseudoceros](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Pseudoceros)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/calculating-area-surface/17603 "2021-05-15T22:09:06Z")

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Hi all, I created a 3D volume by stacking histological slices and I’m trying to calculate the area of different organs within the sample. I have created a segment outlining one of the organs but the surface value that I…

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## [Could not load the dicom data as a Scalar Volume](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-not-load-the-dicom-data-as-a-scalar-volume/17628)

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**Author:** [@Matteo\_Falanga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Matteo_Falanga)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/could-not-load-the-dicom-data-as-a-scalar-volume/17628 "2021-05-16T00:37:54Z")

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Operating system: Windows 10 Slicer version: 4.11.20200930 Expected behavior: loading dicom data Actual behavior: not loading Hello everyone, i’m actually trying to load Echo 3D dicom data but it appears: “Could not…

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## [Single Slicer application on Linux](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/single-slicer-application-on-linux/17624)

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**Author:** [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/single-slicer-application-on-linux/17624 "2021-05-15T00:51:47Z")

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I would like to have Slicer installed as a shared application, but people should be able to install extensions to their own home directories. How can I do that? \[Edit: I need to be able to do this without people man…

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## [Exporting segmentations as seperate files](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/exporting-segmentations-as-seperate-files/17618)

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**Author:** [@Josef\_Yu](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Josef_Yu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/exporting-segmentations-as-seperate-files/17618 "2021-05-14T23:16:48Z")

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Hello folks, I have delineated several organs / bones inside a filed, on Slicer3D they are shown as different segmentations, however I wanted to export each segmentation one by one. Maybe there is already a solution, b…

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## [Usage Rights to Sample Data](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/usage-rights-to-sample-data/17619)

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**Author:** [@tomishninja](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/tomishninja)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/usage-rights-to-sample-data/17619 "2021-05-14T16:15:25Z")

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I was wondering what were the usage rights to the sample datasets outside of 3DSlicer. I would like to use the Full Head MRI scan for an experiment if possible. Since it is a good model, clean model and has some advanta…

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## [My 3D rendering looks like 3 planes instead of a 3D volume](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/my-3d-rendering-looks-like-3-planes-instead-of-a-3d-volume/11150)

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**Author:** [@malvaradolaos](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/malvaradolaos)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/my-3d-rendering-looks-like-3-planes-instead-of-a-3d-volume/11150 "2020-04-29T16:01:47Z")

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Hello, i\`m starting to use 3dslicer, but my rendering does not work as i wish. It looks like 3 planes in orientation, but no 3d. Thanks

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## [Saving segmentation to apply to other volumes](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-segmentation-to-apply-to-other-volumes/17600)

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**Author:** [@sravan953](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/sravan953)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-segmentation-to-apply-to-other-volumes/17600 "2021-05-13T13:28:57Z")

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Hello, I have 2 registered NIFTI brain images. I performed skull stripping using the Swiss Skull Stripper extension, and converted the resulting binary label mask into a segmentation node. I saved this segmentation as a…

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## [SetSliceToRASByNTP](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/setslicetorasbyntp/17578)

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**Author:** [@jumbojing](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jumbojing)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/setslicetorasbyntp/17578 "2021-05-13T13:07:10Z")

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Set slice position and orientation from 3 markup fiducials 这段代码通过3个fiducials,来定位旋转red\_slicer,怎样用同样的方法来定位和旋转yellow\_slicer呢?就像这样… This code uses 3 fiducials to position and orientation the red slice view, how to position…

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## [The screen capture module saves the slice views in different directions](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/the-screen-capture-module-saves-the-slice-views-in-different-directions/17565)

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**Author:** [@pranaysingh](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pranaysingh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/the-screen-capture-module-saves-the-slice-views-in-different-directions/17565 "2021-05-13T06:32:57Z")

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Hi, We stumbled upon a problem with screen capture module. After loading the data in 3D slicer, we wanted to save the R, G and Y view planes that we set into the system. We used Screen capture module, but noticed that t…

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## [Matching CT scans and MRIs](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/matching-ct-scans-and-mris/17567)

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**Author:** [@Vincebisca](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Vincebisca)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/matching-ct-scans-and-mris/17567 "2021-05-13T06:19:13Z")

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Hello everyone, I have been wondering : is there a way to match IRM and CT scans sequences in 3D Slicer? I explain : I have been working for a few weeks on 3D Slicer and I am exploring the possibility of using two sequ…

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