# Approach to extract/segment skull of a MRI scan

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/approach-to-extract-segment-skull-of-a-mri-scan/5677>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation\
**Created:** [February 7, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/approach-to-extract-segment-skull-of-a-mri-scan/5677 "2019-02-07T12:52:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ea924/32.png) [@jonel](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jonel)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/approach-to-extract-segment-skull-of-a-mri-scan/5677/5 "2025-11-11T21:26:03Z")

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If you are still searching for a solution to this problem you might be interested in the new ModalityConverter extension: [New extension: ModalityConverter - bringing AI medical image-to-image translation to 3D Slicer](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-extension-modalityconverter-bringing-ai-medical-image-to-image-translation-to-3d-slicer/44405) You can use it to generate a synthetic CT from your MRI images, from which you can then easily extract the skull with the Segment Editor.

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