# Brain volume MRI

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/brain-volume-mri/17169>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** volume, brain\
**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/brain-volume-mri/17169 "2021-04-19T12:48:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![amjadibr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/amjadibr/32/10695_2.png) [@amjadibr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/amjadibr)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/brain-volume-mri/17169/1 "2021-04-19T12:48:41Z")

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Hi everyone, I am trying to measure the whole brain volume in MRI. I don’t know if the Slicer is the right tool to do it.  
The result would be numbers representing the volume of the whole brain

Thank you in advance

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/brain-volume-mri/17169/2 "2021-04-19T16:11:44Z")

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If you have compatible images you might be better off with something like [freesurfer](https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/) or other software you can learn about at neuroimaging sites like [neurostars](https://neurostars.org/).

Within Slicer the [skull stripper extension](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Modules/SwissSkullStripper) can also work well with the Label Statistics to get the volume.