# CT head data set contribution

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-head-data-set-contribution/80>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 12, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-head-data-set-contribution/80 "2017-04-12T01:25:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-head-data-set-contribution/80/1 "2017-04-12T01:25:06Z")

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I’ve received an offer from someone for contributing his own head CT into the Slicer sample data sets. Is there anything special to do, or I can just anonymize, convert to nrrd, and upload?

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**Author:** ![ihnorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ihnorton/32/9_2.png) [@ihnorton](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ihnorton)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-head-data-set-contribution/80/2 "2017-04-12T13:43:24Z")

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Might be worth considering to crop or blur the face if it is a high-resolution acquisition.

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**Author:** ![gcsharp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/gcsharp/32/863_2.png) [@gcsharp](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/gcsharp)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-head-data-set-contribution/80/3 "2017-04-12T13:43:27Z")

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If it were me, I would feel comfortable to anonymize  
and upload in a manner that respects the wishes of the contributor.

That being said, there are hypothetical concerns, such as the  
contributor later claiming that he didn’t authorize his medical data  
made public.

Anyone know what “Give a scan” or other organizations do?

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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 12, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-head-data-set-contribution/80/4 "2017-04-12T14:53:13Z")

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We don’t have any specific guidelines other than being thoughtful and deliberate. The examples in the training sets and SampleData modules were made available by people who felt the value of making the data public outweighed the risks.

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-head-data-set-contribution/80/5 "2017-04-12T16:58:34Z")

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OK. I’ll just keep the email from the person that declares that the data set is donated to the public domain.

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ct-head-data-set-contribution/80/6 "2019-11-21T18:49:47Z")

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